The deputy controller of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Michael Anugwa, has denied the rumor that he was suspended by the service, saying he has not been informed officially.
Anugwa, while addressing the members of the House of Representatives on Monday said he heard about his suspension on social media.
According to him, ‘It was a social media report. I wasn’t served a letter.”
Recall that in a statement last week Thursday, the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board suspended Mr Anugwa and the Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC), in charge of Maximum-Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kiri-Kiri, Lagos State, Sikiru Adekunle, following an 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 statement was signed by the Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) Ja ’afaru Ahmed,
It read, “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.”
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