The Federal Government on Thursday suspended, in the first instance, some senior officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service over an allegation of infractions raised by Idris Okuneye (alias Bobrisky).
Affected senior prison officials are Michael Anugwa, Sikiru Adekunle, Ogbule Samuel Obinna, and Iloafonsi Ikechukwu.
In a statement by the Secretary, Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Board, Ja’afaru Ahmed, the government said the officers would remain in suspension to allow investigation into the embarrassing allegation against the senior officials of the Nigeria Correctional Service.
The statement reads: “Following the viral video trending on social media on alleged infractions by Officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service relating to Mr. Idris Okuneye, widely known as Bobrisky, the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board has suspended forthwith the following Senior Officers of the Service:
“Michael Anugwa, Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC), In-Charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kiri-kiri, Lagos State; and
“Sikiru Adekunle, Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC), In-Charge of Maximum-Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kiri-kiri, Lagos State;
“Also, the Board has suspended ASC II Ogbule Samuel Obinna, serving at the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Afikpo, Ebonyi State, for allegedly accompanying a convicted inmate out of the Custodial Centre to a location outside the facility.”
In a related development, the Board has equally suspended another Senior Officer of the Service, Iloafonsi Ikechukwu, Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC), In-Charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kuje- Abuja, for allegedly receiving monies on behalf of an inmate.
Ahmed said: “The suspension of these Officers is to allow for further investigation on the various allegations while assuring that the outcome would be made public when concluded.”
