No preparation to receive Cecilia Ibru in Ikoyi Prison – Investigation

Indication emerged on Tuesday that Nigeria Prisons Service had no plan to receive the convicted former Chief Executive of Oceanic Bank, Mrs. Cecilia Ibru, into prison, even if doctors certify her fit before the conclusion of her terms of imprisonment.

A visit to Ikoyi prison by our correspondent showed that the convict, who is currently receiving treatment at an high brow hospital in Victoria Island, Lagos , Reddinton Hospital on the order of Federal High Court, did not have identification number which is usually given to inmates of the prison.

An official of the Ikoyi prison, who accosted our correspondent outside the prison gate, directed him to contact the prison command’s spokesman for clarification.

But the official and others contacted consequently refused to answer our correspondent’s questions.

Sources at the prison however said that the NPS believed that Ibru might spend her term of imprisonment at the hospital as the NPS might not bother itself unnecessarily.

Punch Newspaper