The Federal government has suspended some senior officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) following the blistering bribery allegations made by a controversial cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky.
A blogger, Martins Otse aka VeryDarkMan, had alleged in viral videos that some officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) collected N15 million from Bobrisky for the anti-graft agency to drop money laundering charges against him during his Naira spraying ordeal in April, after which a court sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment.
The blogger also alleged that Bobrisky paid some millions of Naira to secure a choice place in prison.
However, Bobrisky has since denied the allegations, while the EFCC and the NCoS had ordered investigations into the blogger’s allegations.
The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, through a statement on Thursday, said the suspension of the officers followed a viral video on alleged infractions against them.
The statement signed by Ja’afaru Ahmed said the suspension of the officers is to allow for further investigation of the various allegations while assuring that the outcome would be made public when concluded.
The officers are “Michael Anugwa, Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC), in charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kirikiri, Lagos State; and Sikiru Adekunle, Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC) in charge of Maximum-Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kiri-kiri, Lagos State.”
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.”