FG Suspends Niger State Prisons Boss Over Jailbreak

FG Suspends Niger State Prisons Boss

Over Jailbreak

The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro (pictured) has approved

the suspension of the Comptroller General of the Niger

state Prison Command, Musa Maiyaki, the Officer-in-

Charge of Medium Security Prison Minna- ACP Mohammed

Ibena and all other officers on duty during the jailbreak on

Saturday December 6th in which over 200 prisoners

escaped from the prison

According to a statement by the National Public Relations

Officer, Nigerian Prisons Service, Mr Ope Fatinikun, the

suspension of the officers was based on recommendations

by the new Prison's Comptroller General, Dr Peter Ekpendu.

The Comptroller General had recommended the immediate

removal and suspension of the officers present at the

Maximum Security prison during the jailbreak pending the

outcome of investigations. The statement stated that the

incident was a jailbreak and not a terrorist attack as was

widely speculated in some quarters. It also stated that 108

of the inmates who escaped have been recaptured and that

a total of 166 is still at large.

Posted by Donatus Joshua at 11:13