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Posted on: 04:13 Thu, 30 Jun 2016
The Controller-General of Prisons, Ahmed
Jafa’aru, has ordered the removal and
redeployment of the officer in-charge of Kuje Medium Prisons, Musa Tanko, over the escape of two inmates last Friday.
Though, Tanko’s latest posting could not be immediately ascertained, our correspondent gathered on Wednesday that he had been directed to report at the Federal Capital Territory Command of the service where he would face a team of investigators.
It was learnt that another officer had taken
over at the Kuje prisons following Tanko’s
redeployment.
The inmates standing trial for murder, Maxwell Ajukwu and Solomon Amodu, who escaped from the facility by scaling the fence, are still at large.
Sources stated that Tanko’s redeployment was to ensure a thorough probe of the inmates’ escape, adding that the officer would be sanctioned heavily, if indicted.
A source said, “For now, only the officer in
charge had been transferred out of the prisons, but we don’t know if other senior officers like the yard master and the officer on duty would also be redeployed out of Kuje prisons.
For now, everyone is waiting with bated breath to see the next line of action by the authorities.â€
But the Service Public Relations Officer,
Francis Enobore, said redeployment cannot be the sanction that would be meted on any indicted officer, noting that the prison management viewed the inmates’ escape as a serious offence that should attract serious sanctions.
He stated that the investigation into the
incident had not been concluded, stressing that the report of the probe would be sent to the Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdurahaman Dambazzau (retd.) and appropriate sanction meted out to errant personnel.
“The management of the prisons service is
taking the matter seriously and any indicted
officer will be severely punished, so transfer
cannot be the punishment for escape of
inmates,†he stated.
Dambazzau had on Monday attributed the
incident at the facility to security lapses, which
he said he brought to the notice of the
authorities, but added that nothing was done
about it.
The Controller-General of Prisons, Ahmed
Jafa’aru, has ordered the removal and
redeployment of the officer in-charge of Kuje Medium Prisons, Musa Tanko, over the escape of two inmates last Friday.
Though, Tanko’s latest posting could not be immediately ascertained, our correspondent gathered on Wednesday that he had been directed to report at the Federal Capital Territory Command of the service where he would face a team of investigators.
It was learnt that another officer had taken
over at the Kuje prisons following Tanko’s
redeployment.
The inmates standing trial for murder, Maxwell Ajukwu and Solomon Amodu, who escaped from the facility by scaling the fence, are still at large.
Sources stated that Tanko’s redeployment was to ensure a thorough probe of the inmates’ escape, adding that the officer would be sanctioned heavily, if indicted.
A source said, “For now, only the officer in
charge had been transferred out of the prisons, but we don’t know if other senior officers like the yard master and the officer on duty would also be redeployed out of Kuje prisons.
For now, everyone is waiting with bated breath to see the next line of action by the authorities.â€
But the Service Public Relations Officer,
Francis Enobore, said redeployment cannot be the sanction that would be meted on any indicted officer, noting that the prison management viewed the inmates’ escape as a serious offence that should attract serious sanctions.
He stated that the investigation into the
incident had not been concluded, stressing that the report of the probe would be sent to the Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdurahaman Dambazzau (retd.) and appropriate sanction meted out to errant personnel.
“The management of the prisons service is
taking the matter seriously and any indicted
officer will be severely punished, so transfer
cannot be the punishment for escape of
inmates,†he stated.
Dambazzau had on Monday attributed the
incident at the facility to security lapses, which
he said he brought to the notice of the
authorities, but added that nothing was done
about it.
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