In response to the viral audio leak indicating that cross-dresser, 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 suspended the officers in charge of the Maximum and Minimum Custodial Centres, Kirikiri, Lagos State.
The secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) Ja’afaru Ahmed who made the announcement yesterday in a statement obtained by LEADERSHIP, said the suspension of the officers was to allow further investigation into the various allegations, assuring that the outcome would be made public when concluded.
The affected officers are, “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 federal government, had through the minister of interior , Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo on Wednesday initiated a probe of the allegations.
The statement said ASC II Ogbule Samuel Obinna, who works at the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC) in Afikpo, Ebonyi State, was also suspended for allegedly escorting a convicted inmate outside the facility.
In a related matter, loafonsi Kevin Ikechukwu, a deputy controller of Corrections (DCC) at the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC) in Kuje, Abuja, was also affected as he was suspended for reportedly accepting money on behalf of an inmate.
