The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has cleared the air following reports that high-profile personalities including former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari are missing after Kuje prison was attacked.
Recall that the prison was attacked Tuesday evening.
Reacting, NCoS said that Kyari is safe in custody as there was no threat to his life.
The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Francis Enobore, said this in a statement released in Abuja today July 6.
Enobore said that it was necessary to address the issue following a
publication by an online media organization alleging Kyari was attacked
by his fellow inmates.
''The story is false, reckless and mischievous. It is the
handiwork of some jobless cheap recognition-seeking charlatans
masquerading as newsmen, lacking in intellectual capacity to interrogate
what they conjure or hear before feeding the public.
That the author is completely oblivious of where and how
detention of a suspect originates speaks volume of his ineptitude and
the much his story can be relied upon.
For the record, Abba Kyari is one of the over 800 inmates in
the location where he is being kept. However, notable individuals
including Ex-Governors, Ministers, Senators and other celebrities of
higher social status have passed through the same facility without any
threat to their lives, ” he said
Enobore added
“Those playing pranks with his detention are warned to desist
from such unpatriotic acts as they may be asked, through formal
litigation, to justify their statement.
The Controller-General, NCoS, Haliru Nababa, is determined to
continue to upscale inmates’ welfare, safe and humane custody with
fervour.
Therefore, he will not be distracted by inane publications''
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