Some officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service have been suspended by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Service Board.
They were suspended on Thursday after popular Nigerian cross dresser, Bobrisky was quoted in an audio tape that he bribed the prison officials while serving his jail term.
The Board in a statement issued and signed by Signed Ja’afaru Ahmed, announced that it has suspended Michael Anugwa, a 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 board also 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.
The service further revealed that the suspension of these Officers is to allow for further investigation on the various allegations while assuring that the outcome would be made public when concluded.
Source: Galaxy TV
