TENSION IN KADUNA PRISONS AND CORRECTIONAL CENTRE

The Kaduna Correctional Centre, formerly the Nigerian Prisons Service located along the Independence way was a beehive of activities as men of the Correctional Service alongside the personnel from the Nigeria Police cordoned off the entire vicinity following the outbreak of internal crisis in the facility.

Sources disclosed to Naij News Alert that there was an outbreak of violence within the facility when inmates reportedly raised an alarm following the death of their fellow inmate, in spite of calls for medical attention for the female inmate whose identity remained unknown.

According to sources, the female inmate was said to have developed symptoms identical to the now dreaded pandemic, Corona Virus; otherwise now called COVID-19 and before further help could be provided, the inmate reportedly died.

Tasked on what could have sparked off the crises, a source from the facility disclosed that owing to the fear of COVID-19, the inmates alleged that several new intakes have been brought into the facility without consideration for their own well-being and that many of these new inmates could as well be suffering from the highly infectious disease.

“Are we not humans like them? We deserve to have some medical considerations too”, the source say the inmates demanded.

Speaking to the Police Public Relations Officer in charge of the Kaduna state Police Command Headquarters, ASP Muhammad Jalige on telephone, he disclosed that the attention of the Command was drawn to the noise from the Correctional Services Facility and personnel from the Command were deployed to the surrounding vicinity to safeguard lives and property.

He stated that the NPF is not allowed to go into the facility and that it is not their responsibility to secure the facility.

According to the PPRO, the Deputy Controller General of the Correctional Services reported that the situation is now under control, noting that it was just an internal issue.