Bobrisky: Why NCoS officers were suspended

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Bobrisky: Why NCoS officers were suspended
The controversy over alleged N15 million from crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, paid to Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, officers to observe his prison term in comfort has deepened with suspension if several officers.

Indeed, a blogger, Martins Otse, known as VeryDarkMan, had blown the lead in viral videos over the alleged culpability of some officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) who collected ₦15 million from Bobrisky.

Bobrisky was charged by the anti-graft agency for abusing the naira at an event, an offence for which he was jailed by the court for six months.

The blogger also alleged that Bobrisky paid some millions of naira to secure a choice place in prison.

Although Bobrisky has since denied the allegation of bribing the EFCC officers, but the NCoS) ordered investigations into the allegations by the blogger linking its officers with the allegation.

A statement by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, which regulates the NCoS activities, said the suspension of the officers followed a viral video on alleged infractions against them.

The statement, by Ja’afaru Ahmed, said the suspension of these officers is to allow for further investigation of the various allegations while assuring that the outcome would be made public when concluded.

The suspended officers are: “Michael Anugwa, Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC), in charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kirikiri, Lagos State; and Sikiru Adekunle, Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC), in charge of Maximum-Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kiri-kiri, Lagos State.”

In the same vein, 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.

According to the statement, “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.”