THE Nigeria Prisons Service has described as untrue the allegation
of Sodomy on an inmate of Kuje Prisons Custody Abuja, Mr Charles Okah,
by any Officer of the Prisons Service, as recently alleged by a Lagos
lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Festus Keyamo’s law firm.
It stated this in a press statement signed by its spokesman, Mr Opo
Fatinikun, a copy of which was made available to the Nigerian Tribune
on Sunday, highlighting that there was actually a routine search of
the prisons recently by eight officers, headed by the chief warder of
the prisons.
According to Fatinikun, ‘during the search, Okah, as usual, refused
to be searched. But when he eventually subjected himself to the search, a
MTN SIM card was found on him (under his pants), alongside a Nokia C2
phone and a memory card, which were discovered in an electric bulb
fitting located on top of the concrete ceiling of his cell.”
The release further disclosed that the said inmate, Okah, had
constantly exhibited bad conduct in his cell which was unacceptable to
the management of the Prisons Service.
“Instances abound where he (Okah) had bridged electrical wires in his
cell, throwing the whole prisons into darkness and in order to
discourage the smuggling of hand ets and other prohibited articles,
searches have been made in the prisons throughout Prisons formations,”
Fatinikun maintained.
He further noted that searches on visitors,staff and inmates have
been heightened in the prisons, in addition to the Controller-General’s
Task Force that had been set up to carry out this function.
The release stressed that upon realisation by him (Okah) that his
antics have been punctured, he has allegedly vowed to embarass the
service by peddling rumours and spreading false allegations against the
management and staff of the service.
It added that the Controller-General of the Prisons, Mr ZAkari
Ohinoyi Ibrahim, had constituted an investigation panel headed by the
Controller of Prisons, FCT Command, to look into the matter.,
It, however, assured that the Nigerian Prisons service would not
want to join issues with anybody, including Festus Keyamo, on the pages
of the newspaper, while it was pertinent that records be put
straight.
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