A retired Assistant Controller General of Prisons has been murdered by unknown gunmen inside his farm in Nasarawa State. A former assistant controller-general of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) identified as Nanvyet Gwali, has been murdered by yet to be identified gunmen on August 10 at his farm in Laminga, near Keffi, Nassarawa state. A public relations officer of NPS, Francis Enobore, confirmed the death of Gwali in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.
He said the deceased transferred his services from Plateau ministry of education to NPS in 1989 as a superintendent of prisons and rose to the rank of deputy controller-general of prisons.
The statement read:
"Amongst his numerous strategic deployments while in service, was to cover the duties of Deputy Controller General of Prisons (Finance and Accounts) which was his last deployment before he graciously retired in February 2016."
Enobore said the NPS is in touch with the relevant security agencies who were on the trail of the perpetrators of the crime to ensure that they were brought to justice.
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