The Civil Defense, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Service Board (CDFIPB) has sacked six senior officers of the Nigeria Prison Service (NPS) for allegedly complicity in jailbreak at Kuje and Karfe prisons.
The comproller-general of the NPS, Ahmed Ja'afaru has acked 17 junior staff of the organisation for allegedly complicity in the jailbreaks. Francis Enobore, spokesman of the service, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
" The Civil Defence , Fire, Immigration and Prison Service board (CDFIPB) has as at emergency meeting held on Thursday Aug.11, 2016, approved the dismissal of three senior prison officers serving in Kuje medium security prison and three senior officers serving in Koton Karfe prison for their complicity in the escape of prisoners from the respective prisons," he said.
" Similarly, the comptroller-general of prisons in his capacity hass approved the dismissal of seven junior staff serving in Kuje medium security and 10 other junior staff serving in Koton Karfe prison also implicated in the escape saga"
While speaking he said that the officers were to hand over all government property in thier possession to their immediate superior and proceed accordingly.
" Meanwhile the officer in charge of Nsukka prison DCP Okonkwo Lawrence and 10 others have been suspended over the recent prisoners' escape from the prison.
The suspension is to allow for detailed and uninterrupted investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident in order to facilitate appropriate action by the authority," he added
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