Tag: NCoS

EndBadGovernance protest: ‘NCoS not in custody of suspects’ – Spokesperson

Aminu Imam
NCoS on suspects

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has refuted claims that it has been in the custody of suspects arrested during the #EndBadGovernance protest in August this year. Recall that on Friday, 76 suspects, made up of mostly minors who appeared malnourished, were arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja. Spokesperson of NCoS, Umar Abubakar, however, said the suspects were rejected for lack of space in the custodial centres to accommodate them. He described as misleading reports making the rounds in some sections of the media purporting that the suspects who…

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‘70% of inmates in Kano correctional centres awaiting trial’ NCoS

Aminu Imam
NCoS

The Kano command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, (NCoS), says 70 percent of inmates in prison facilities across the State are awaiting trial. Spokesperson of the Service in Kano, Musbahu Lawan, while speaking with newsmen yesterday, said overcrowding in the States correctional facilities is posing a significant challenge, as the number of awaiting trial inmates has tripled compared to convicted inmates. According to him, Statistics show that only 30 percent of inmates are convicted in the correctional service, while inmates awaiting trial constitute 70 percent of the total number of…

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Emefieles Arraignment: DSS to investigate altercation with prison officials

Aminu Imam

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that it will investigate the confrontation between its representatives and those of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on July 25 at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi. The DSS has further begun thorough investigations into the situation, according to a statement released on Wednesday by Peter Afunanya, the agencys spokesperson. The custody of Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has previously been the subject of a reported confrontation between DSS agents and jail guards. The fight…

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‘Abba Kyari is safe, not under any threat’ NCoS

Aminu Imam

The authorities of the Nigerian Correctional Service, (NCoS), have said that contrary to claims alleging that the life of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, who is remanded at the Kuje custodial centre was in danger, the suspect is safe and sound, stressing that reports were fake news. The NCoS, in a statement by its spokesman, Francis Enobore, vehemently dismissed the claim that Abba Kyari nearly got murdered by some aggrieved inmates, who allegedly accused him of taking bribes from them when he was in active service, only…

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