BREAKING: FG suspends prison officers over alleged special treatment for Bobrisky

The Federal Government has suspended officers in charge of the Maximum and Minimum Custodial Centres at Kirikiri, Lagos, following allegations that convicted cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, was provided an apartment outside the custodial center during his six-month jail sentence.

Ja’afaru Ahmed, Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), announced the suspension in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja.

This follows the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo’s, decision to initiate an investigation into the claims.

Ahmed confirmed that the suspension is to facilitate a thorough investigation, assuring that the findings will be made public upon conclusion.

He said; “Following the viral video trending on social media on alleged infractions by Officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service relating to Mr. Idris Okuneye, widely known as Bobrisky, the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board has suspended forthwith the following Senior Officers of the Service.

“Michael Anugwa, 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.

“Also, the Board has 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”.