The Federal Government through the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, CDCFIB, has suspended senior officers of the Minimum and Maximum prisons, Kirikiri, Lagos, over an audio leak involving crossdresser Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky.
The audio leak indicated Bobrisky who was convicted of a crime and sentenced to six months in jail did not serve the sentence inside the prison but was given an apartment outside the custodial centre in connivance with some senior prison officials.
In a statement by the Secretary, CDCFIB, Ja’afaru Ahmedissued on Thursday in Abuja, the Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo ordered the suspension of the Senior officers to allow for thorough investigation into the matter.
“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 another related development, the Board has equally 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,” the statement stated.
