Bobrisky: FG suspends prison officers over corruption allegations
Following an audio leak indicating that crossdresser Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, who was convicted of a crime and sentenced to six months in jail, was given an apartment outside the custodial centre, the federal government has approved the suspension of two Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) over corruption allegations.
It would be recalled that a famous influencer, Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan, had on Tuesday night, released an audio where Bobrisky purportedly claimed he bribed officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with N15 million and the Controller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Haliru Nababa, to avoid spending his term in jail.
However, in a statement on Thursday by
Ja’afaru Ahmed, the secretary to the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, the suspension of these Officers is to allow for further investigation of the various allegations while assuring that the outcome would be made public when concluded.
“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”, the statement disclosed.
Meanwhile, the Board also 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 another related development, the Board also suspended another Senior Officer of the Service, Iloafonsi Kevin 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.
