…Prisoners sleep in the ‘open’



Some critical facilities at the Owerri Prisons including the perimeter fence, administrative building and inmate cells have been destroyed in the Friday night rainstorm that wrecked havoc in Owerri, the Imo State capital.

The development has heightened fears of possible security breach in the Prison which has been grappling with challenges of congestion.



Some of the Prisoners according to an insider source who preferred not to be mentioned, have been forced to sleep in the open after the roof of the main Prison building was pulled off by the windstorm that accompanied the rain.

Also damaged were the Welfare, Works and Records Offices, as well as the building housing the Logistics and Chief Disciplinary Officer.

Public Relations Officer of Owerri Prison, Mr. James Madugba, said that the incident was devastating, even though no life was lost.

He said that the rainfall uprooted a tree, which fell on the building housing the administrative block and the Armed Squad.

According to him, “We never expected the incident because it happened in the night. This was also why we did not record any deaths because if it were in the day time, the story would have been different”.



He added further that many of the officials were displaced from their offices while efforts are on to provide alternative offices for them.

http://thenationonlineng.net/rainstorm-facilities-owerri-prison/

I blame IPOB for this rainstorm