Minna Jailbreak: FG Suspends Controller, Officer-in-charge, Others
Pending the outcome of investigations on the recent jailbreak that led to the escape of over 300 inmates, from Minna Medium Prisons, the federal government, through the minister of interior, Comrade Abba Moro has ordered the immediate suspension of Niger State Controller of Prisons, Musa Maiyaki.
According to a statement by the Nigeria Prisons signed by its image maker, Mr. Ope Fatinikun , the suspension also affected the Officer-in-Charge, Medium Security Prison Minna – ACP Mohammed Buena and all officers who were on duty on December 6, 2014, when the jail break occurred.
The suspension followed a recommendation for the immediate removal and suspension of some officers by the Controller General of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Dr Peter Ekpendu.
The statement further revealed that as part of strategy to forestall future attack on both the medium facility as well as the old Minna Prisons, the Controller General of Prisons, Dr Peter Ekpendu, has ordered the immediate redeployment of 55 officers and men from the zonal and state headquarters to beef up security in the two prisons.
It would be recalled that three gunmen allegedly dressed in long caftans had on Saturday, December 6, 2014 stormed the Minna Medium facility.
where it over powered and freed some inmates including two notorious armed robbers and as well carted away weapons and some bullet proof vests.
A warder who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “we had 323 inmates in our custody but we are left with barely 53 in just one cell. Our gateman was injured, these armed men broke into our armoury and acrted away weapons and bullet proof vests”.
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