News Obiaks News

   A female prisons staff attached to Kirikiri Female Prisons, Lagos, has been dismissed from the Service for smuggling alcoholic drinks into the prison yard.

According to a statement by Prisons Public Relations Officer, DCP Francis Enobore, her dismissal letter signed by the officer in charge of discipline, DCP Agun Olatunji, on behalf of the Comptroller-General, attest to the fact that she was guilty of activities bordering on trafficking.

"An act that contravenes the enabling provisions of Sections 14 (i) (a) and Section 82 (n) of Prisons Act Cap P.29 LFN 2004 and punishable under Sections 14 (i) (g) and Section 83 of same Act.

"Such compromising acts no doubt, do not augur well for the security of a custodial institution like the P risons Service and also put the lives of innocent staff and inmates in serious danger.

"The arrest of the wardress is certainly an indication of the dawn of a new era in prison management in Nigeria and a justification of the recent mass re-deployment of officers and men nationwide to strengthen security.