Nigerian Prison Service sacks officer for alleged drug trafficking

The management of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) has sacked a Prison Officer, Umar Adamu, for trafficking illicit drugs in the prison yard.

The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Francis Enorbore, who confirmed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja said that the Controller General of Prisons, (CGP), Mr Ja’afaru Ahmed, had approved the recommendations for the officer’s dismissal.

“This followed the recommendation of the Zonal Disciplinary Committee that found the officer guilty of secreting illicit items such as Indian hemp (cannabis) and other intoxicants into the prison for inmates.

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“This is part of a concerted effort by the administration to continue to maintain discipline and ensure that mal-adjusted inmates in Prison custody are only handled by those with the required rectitude to do so’’ Enorbore said.

He added, “The CGP, therefore, warns that any officer caught in such an ignoble act will be shown the way out of the Service as they have no business being in a character reformation agency.

“He assured the public that the management of the NPS remains irrevocably committed to sustain the peace and calm now existing in prisons across the country in order to enhance reformation and rehabilitation of offenders in prisons custody.”

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