INMATES MONIES NOT STOLEN FOLLOWING ATTACK ON KUJE CUSTODIAL CENTRE, Says NCoS

Haliru Nababa

"All Inmates' cash deposited in the custody of the authorities of the custodial centre is intact and safe as there is an existing instruction from the Controller General of Corrections that all officers superintending custodial centres must not keep huge sums in the facility."

The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has debunked reports in certain quarters, of "missing funds" (in local and foreign currencies) belonging to inmates that were reportedly stolen by fleeing inmates of the Medium Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, as not true. 

The NCoS, in a statement issued and signed by Umar Danlami Abubakar AICMC, ANIPR, the National Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service, on behalf of the Controller General of Corrections, Haliru Nababa, reiterated that, "All Inmates' cash deposited in the custody of the authorities of the custodial centre is intact and safe as there is an existing instruction from the Controller General of Corrections that all officers superintending custodial centres must not keep huge sums in the facility."

"This clarification becomes imperative against the misleading narrative the unfounded information has generated and the unpatriotic diversion of attention from addressing the challenges at stake."

The statement stressed that, "The Controller-General of Corrections, Haliru Nababa is sparing no effort or resources in hunting down all the escapees and it is heart-warming that the integrated strategies are yielding favourable results. 

"He expressed his deep appreciation to security agencies and patriotic Nigerians whose collaboration is facilitating the recovery exercise."

The NCoS boss, Nababa assured the public of his irrevocable commitment to bringing back all escapees to answer for their crimes. 

He therefore appealed that citizens should assist in achieving this task by visiting the Nigerian Correctional Service's website https://corrections.gov.ng/escapees for the pictures of the escapees and alert the nearest security agency if they suspect or see any of them.