The Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board has suspended three senior Prisons officers – CP Peter Yeni Tenkwa, DCP Abubakar Abaka and SP John Bukar – indicted for their complicity in the issuance of unauthorised medical report on Bala Ngilari, the former Governor of Adamawa State serving a five-year jail term in Yola Prison.
The letter, dated April 3, 2017 and signed by the Director/Secretary of the Board, Sunday Dan Ogu, approved the suspension of the officers pending the outcome of all necessary investigations into the matter.
Meanwhile, a new Controller and Officer-in-Charge has been posted to take over the state command and Yola Prison respectively, including a medical doctor to oversee the prison clinic.
The officers have since resumed duties.
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