The Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and
Prisons Services Board has approved the
suspension of four senior officers while
the Controller-General of Prisons, Ja’afaru
Ahmed in his capacity, also approved the
suspension of 10 junior personnel of the
prison.
This followed the escape of two high
profile inmates, Solomon Amodu and
Maxwell Ajukwu who were standing trial
for culpable homicide from lawful custody
in Kuje Medium Security Prison on June
24, 2016.
A statement on Monday in Abuja by the
Prisons Service Public Relations Officer,
Francis Enobore, said the affected
officers and men include, the Officer in-
charge of Kuje Prisons, DCP Musa Tanko;
SIP Buhari Dogo; PIPs Stephen
Edogbanya; Patrick Teru; IPs Usman Peter
and Dennis Makum.
Others are IP Fassan Akin; SPAs Daka
James; Adamu Luka; SPA Zakari Yunasa ;
PAs Asnamal Samuel, Ejegwa Patrick, Isah
Ibrahim and Ngede Salifu
It said, “The suspension was sequel to the
outcome of the preliminary investigation
into the incident and in consonance with
Prisons Service Rules 030406 (2008)
Revised Version; the officers were
suspended from duty to allow for
unhindered trial process.
“The commissioned officers among them
are to be served with letters of query
while the junior staff will be given Form
96 (Charge Sheet ) to explain their role in
the unfortunate saga.”
Meanwhile, efforts to recapture the
fleeing prisoners in collaboration with
sisters security agencies are on-going.
This is in addition to tightening security
measures in prison formations nationwide
to forestall a repeat of such incident, the
prisons service said.
The statement said the CG solicited the
cooperation of members of the public to
volunteer useful information that could
assist in the re-arrest of the fugitives.


Source: www.punchng.com/adelani-adepegba-abuja-civil-defence-fire-immigration-prisons-services-board-approved-suspension-four-senior-officers-controller-general-prisons-jaafaru-ahme/