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Evans not starving; we’re just taking precautions — Prisons boss

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The Nigerian Prisons Service, yesterday, responded to the allegation by kidnap suspect, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans, that he was not being given enough food by prison officials.

The Comptroller General of Prisons, Ja’afaru Ahmed, in a response to Vanguard’s enquiry, made it clear that the service had no interest in starving any inmate, including Evans.

Ahmed pointed out that there was no preferential treatment in the distribution of food and services to inmates, adding that there was no reason whatsoever to feed others and deny Evans his ration.

The Prisons boss said: “In prison, an inmate must eat the food provided, but when they want self-feeding, they can have it, but there is a caveat— their security will not be compromised.

Vanguard, November 22, 2017

 

 

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