The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola said this at the launch of Corrections Information Management System (CIMS) Training Manual and the Welfare/Legal Aid and Statistics Module on Tuesday in Abuja.
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This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, Mohammed Manga, on Tuesday.
Hoodlums took advantage of the #EndSARS protest to free inmates of two prisons in the state.
Major General Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, Commander of the task force, represented by the Media Officer, Major Ibrahim Shittu, handed over the inmate on Wednesday in Jos.
Ahmed said this during the presentation of Personal Protective Equipment and other materials by Prisoners Rehabilitation Welfare Action and Open Society Initiative for West Africa to the service on Wednesday in Abuja.
The Commander of the task force, Major General Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Jos
The Controller-General, NCoS, Ja’afaru Ahmed, disclosed this in a statement signed by the Deputy Controller-General, NCoS, Human Resources, John Mrabure, on Tuesday in Abuja.
Chief Magistrate P. E. Nwaka, who did not take the plea of Godwin, ordered that he should be remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Service in Kirikiri pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The Commander of the task force, Major General Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Jos.
Earlier reports had it that the number of those freed were four, described as notorious kidnappers and bandits.
Ja’afaru Ahmed, the Controller-General of Corrections, said this in a statement issued by the service spokesman, Deputy Controller Augustine Njoku, on Wednesday in Lagos.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Kalu Ikpe, who spoke to newsmen on Friday in Aba, said the service was “still carrying our preliminary investigation into the matter”.
The Lagos State Government has released the names of 204 inmates to be freed from the Nigerian Correctional Service Custodial Centres in Lagos.
The Nigerian Correctional Service, Oyo State Command says it is no longer accepting new inmates into any of its facilities in the state to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The Nigerian Correctional Service says it did not record any jailbreak in the country in 2019.
NCoS Comptroller General, Ja’afaru Ahmed, said this at the inauguration of the administrative block of the Correctional Staff School on Thursday in Abuja.
The House of Representative Committee on Reformatory Institutions on Friday called for declaration of State of Emergency on the Nigerian Correctional Service to enable it achieve its aim.
The Catholic Diocese of Enugu, on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to back the amended Nigerian Prisons Law with provision of adequate facilities for reformation of inmates.