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Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by Kilode1: 7:12am On May 12, 2012 |
Nigeria's Secret Island Prison Shows Dark Side Of Nation's History -AP [img]http://nationalpostnews.files..nyud.net/2012/05/nigeria-secret-prison.jpg[/img] Nigeria island prison offers nation's dark history http://hosted2.ap.org/OREUG/86053d8662944f7698388c63189f97c6/Article_2012-05-11-AF-Nigeria-Secret-Prison/id-0b188cfc1eb64127a7e2d49534e8370b |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by Kilode1: 7:13am On May 12, 2012 |
That secret prisons can exist — and an apparently violent riot can go unreported — show the ability of Nigeria's government to keep its citizens unaware. |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by naptu2: 7:37am On May 12, 2012 |
The riot didn't go unreported. I heard about it when it happened. It was on Rhythm FM and some newspapers. I also remember when the Lagos State Government was hyping the project. LTV showed a documentary on it. At that time area boys, lunatics and the homeless were being rounded up across Lagos. There was a sorting process, in which the lunatics were taken to the asylum, the homeless were given a choice (repatriation to their home states or attending the centre) and the area boys were tested for drugs and detoxified if they were addicted. They were to learn skills at the centre and be taught how to be responsible citizens. However, some of the area boys at this particular centre said that the allowance they were being paid was not enough. They rioted and burnt down the centre. |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by FrankC3: 2:54pm On May 12, 2012 |
Please, can you post a link to one of the newspapers where it was reported? |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by naptu2: 3:22pm On May 12, 2012 |
I actually read it on hard copy newspapers & heard it on the radio (the commissioner threatened to prosecute those responsible), but trust good old nairaland. It was discussed here and a link provided. Pls ignore the bigotry. https://www.nairaland.com/400138/area-boys-lagos-ibadan-action |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by Ejine(m): 5:21pm On May 12, 2012 |
Aaaaahhhh, another lovely legacy of the "honest man" Buhari. I dey laugh. |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by naptu2: 5:28pm On May 12, 2012 |
Print version ‘Area Boys’ Burn Rehabilitation Centre February 17, 2010 17:16, 105 views By Kazeem Ugbodaga The multi-million naira Lagos State Rehabilitation and Skills Acquisition Centre, Tekunle, Lagos State has been burnt by area boys taken to the centre for rehabilitation. The centre was built by former Governor Bola Tinubu about six years ago to rehabilitate area boys and drug addicts arrested on the streets of Lagos. Tekunle is an Island at a remote area of Lekki and has often been described as a ‘place of no return’ because of its inaccessibility. Area boys taken to the Island, after sometime adjust to the environment and learn useful skills such as tailoring, carpentry, vulcanizing, among others for a period of nine months after which they are sent back into the society to live meaningful lives. However, P.M.NEWS gathered that scores of area boys sent for rehabilitation went on the rampage recently and razed the centre. Equipment bought with millions of naira and the buildings in the centre were burnt by the area boys, bringing to an end the rehabilitation programme of the Lagos State Government for social miscreants. It could not be ascertain why the area boys went on the rampage. P.M.NEWS gathered, however, that the trainees revolted when they were being flogged for refusing to carry out certain instruction. Officers of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences unit, it was further learnt, saved the day as they stormed the centre and arrested scores of the area boys who carried out the act. Chairman of the Task Force, Bayo Sulaiman, when contacted told P.M.NEWS that those arrested had been charged to the Tapa Customary Court, Lagos Island for arson. He disclosed that the suspects were currently being remanded at the Ikoyi Prisons, adding that the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Supo Sasore, was handling the case for the government. When asked to give details on how the area boys burnt the centre, he declined, saying that our reporter should go to the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Social Development to get such information. When contacted, the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Kamal Junaid said: “I don’t know anything about it; you can contact the Public Relations Officer or the Special Adviser to the Governor on Youth, Sports and Social Development.” Special Adviser to the Governor on Youth, Sports and Social Development, Dr. Dolapo Badru, could not be reached. One of his aides who picked the call said his boss was in a meeting and that we should call later. Since the inception of the centre, about four sets of area boys had been rehabilitated and empowered to live meaningful lives in the society. Some of them had told stories of their wretched past and how their lives changed when they were rehabilitated at the training centre. With the burning of the centre, it appears the laudable plan of the state government to rehabilitate the notorious area boys has been dealt a mortal blow. |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by stagger: 5:50pm On May 12, 2012 |
How come no one mentioned the crocs in the swamp? |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by nelly4(f): 5:50pm On May 12, 2012 |
anoda Alcatraz in d making abi.....abeg naija too like copy copy.......... |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by naptu2: 5:53pm On May 12, 2012 |
I can't remember very well, but I think 2nd Republic politicians (Jakande, etc) were detained here when Buhari took over. |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by moderattor: 6:02pm On May 12, 2012 |
this documentary has put good old Buhari in trouble again! |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by Nobody: 6:03pm On May 12, 2012 |
moderattor: this documentary has put good old Buhari in trouble again! What documentary? |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by Nobody: 6:13pm On May 12, 2012 |
Nigeria's own Robben Island... A man swalk past a sign post at the former prison known as Tekunle on Ita Oko Island outside of Lagos, Nigeria. The prison is cut out of the dense jungle that engulfs this island outside of Nigeria's largest city, but it never officially existed although many critics of the nation's military rule were kept here. Ita Oko Island allowed Nigeria's military governments to have opponents disappear into the swamps of the Lekki Lagoon at a camp accessible only by boat and helicopter. A message on a wall at the prison on Ita Oka Island. Associated Press team shields from rain as they travel to the former prison known as Tekunle on Ita Oko Island. The remains of a burnt down part of a former prison known as Tekunle on Ita Oko Island outside of Lagos, Nigeria. Source |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by Nobody: 6:55pm On May 12, 2012 |
old news! Oyibo man go win award for exposing what's already known. Long sigh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by gbadexy(m): 7:08pm On May 12, 2012 |
abi.just like dem discoverl river niger wey don dey since |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by otosa(m): 7:10pm On May 12, 2012 |
Did u feel that? $ 1million, without good outcome. What a wasted money! |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by Shinor(m): 7:14pm On May 12, 2012 |
Another stupid imperialist agent in the guise of a journalist. Why don't you go and hold Obama responsible for Guantanamo bay? He OBAMA PROMISED TO CLOSE IT DOWN if elected president but he has now backtracked. The FBI have used torture as a means of interrogating inmates. Yet the US is left free. Daily we hear cases of US soldiers committing atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan but it is "normal". Please spare us your rubbish journalism. That prison was built in the 60's. Used by Buhari as well leaders before him but it was not built by Buhari. Enough of this gutter journalism. If there are no records for it, how did you find it? Why is there a signboard outside the place? Blind journalist. Agent of the imperialistic tendencies of the bourgeoisie 7 Likes |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by naptu2: 7:42pm On May 12, 2012 |
Day Area Boys became ‘graduates’ July 7, 2009 | 8:36 pm Metro By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Monsur Olowopejo For 45 miscreants popularly called “Area Boysâ€, June 25, 2009 was a day they became ‘re-branded’ with a new lease of life. They can now boast of becoming graduates and several days after they are still basking in the euphoria of having at last shed their unenviable status as notorious rough-necks that many love to hate. Their change of status came courtesy of their graduation from the Rehabilitation and Skill Acquisition Centre in Tekunle, Lekki area of Lagos State where they were privileged to acquire various skills and vocations. They were the third batch of trainees to graduate from the Centre, bringing the total number of graduates of the centre since inception in November 2005 to 120. The breakdown of the graduands show that four graduated in carpentry, seven in electrical installations, seven in vulcanizing, five in tailoring, seven in shoe making, four in cane and fibre, four in barbing and six in agricultural practices. Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Adeyemi Ikuforiji in his address at the event organised by the state Ministry of Youth, Sports and Social Development, explained that the programme was aimed at making social miscreants better persons who would be useful to themselves in particular and the nation at large. His words: “Today marks another milestone in the state government’s effort in addressing the challenge of the disappointed human capital minds as envisioned by the dysfunctional activities of social miscreants otherwise known as Area Boys on our major streets. “I am happy to note that report from the after care service of our rehabilitation through the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Social Development have been encouraging as many of the past graduands are now settled and integrated back to the society.†According to Ikuforiji, in addition to giving adequate training to the graduands, the state government has concluded arrangement to empower them by giving relevant equipment and seed capital which would assist them in settling down in earnest after graduation. “These gestures are designed at practically giving them a good resettlement programme intended to make them less dependent on their parents, self-sustainable and in the expectation that they will be able to contribute their quota to the development of the state and the country,†he said. While appealing to the parents to keep the milk of kindness demonstrated effortlessly in the past in remolding the beneficiaries, Ikuforiji assured that the Centre will continue to exist to produce worthy ambassadors. The Speaker, therefore, urged corporate bodies, philanthropist, NGO’s, private sector and other well-meaning Nigerians to generously support the state government in rehabilitating challenged youths. Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Social Development, Prince Ademola Adeniji Adele said: “This occasion has once again demonstrated the genuine determination of the state government to absorb people with deviant behaviour, turn them around and empower them to be useful to themselves and the society at largeâ€. The duration of the training proper is a minimum of nine months and maximum of one year. However, some spent more than a year due to the fact that they have no where to go. Officers at the centre help in home tracing for such so that they can be connected with their relatives. The first prize winner of the training went to Mr Austine Agana, who learned vulcanising; the second prize was won by Mr. Seun Kalejaiye, while the third prize went to Donald Uzor. Speaking to Vanguard Metro after their graduation, some of the former area boys expressed happiness at all that they learnt in the course of the training, just as they praised the Lagos State government for giving them another opportunity in life to become responsible members of the society. According to Abiodun Adelani: “The training is very good and it is a life changing arena because I do not believe that my character can change from bad to goodâ€, adding that he was into video coverage of events before he became a drug addict and was hooked to marijuana also known as Indian Hemp. ‘I thank the Lagos State government for setting up the rehabilitation centre but I will like them to please upgrade the facilities at the centre and also establish factories and workshops thereâ€. Ismail Pareira, another graduating training spoke more or less in the same vein. “I feel happy today that I have changed from my bad character and I am now a new born person. Also, I’m happy that the Lagos State government will empower me with the equipment that will make me become a professional in the my chosen fieldâ€. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/day-area-boys-became-‘graduates’/ |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by mufc009(m): 8:47pm On May 12, 2012 |
Naija I hail una |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by redsun(m): 12:16am On May 13, 2012 |
It looks like nazis gassing camps.Obj,the evil one.He is a abad as hitler. |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by zhirinmai(m): 12:24am On May 13, 2012 |
9ja again! |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by bakila: 8:54am On May 13, 2012 |
Shinor: Another stupid imperialist agent in the guise of a journalist. Why don't you go and hold Obama responsible for Guantanamo bay? He OBAMA PROMISED TO CLOSE IT DOWN if elected president but he has now backtracked. The FBI have used torture as a means of interrogating inmates. Yet the US is left free. Daily we hear cases of US soldiers committing atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan but it is "normal". Associated Press have just informed the world were their friends Boko Haram will be taken to. They dont want the boko business to die. Infact they just described how to get their. This people no like us at all atalll. |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by texazzpete(m): 10:34am On May 13, 2012 |
Ejiné: Aaaaahhhh, another lovely legacy of the "honest man" Buhari. ...and you missed the part where the article said your 'godly' Goodluck Jonathan is opening similar secret detention facilities for Boko Haram suspects? Please feel free to include GEJ in your laughterfest |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by Remii(m): 10:40am On May 13, 2012 |
Shinor: Another stupid imperialist agent in the guise of a journalist. Why don't you go and hold Obama responsible for Guantanamo bay? He OBAMA PROMISED TO CLOSE IT DOWN if elected president but he has now backtracked. The FBI have used torture as a means of interrogating inmates. Yet the US is left free. Daily we hear cases of US soldiers committing atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan but it is "normal". Don't mind them, He wants to become another Mungo Park, that "discovered" Niger, a river that locals have been fishing in and used for other means ages before his arrival. RFLMAO |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by Tropilo(m): 10:57am On May 13, 2012 |
Shinor: Another stupid imperialist agent in the guise of a journalist. Why don't you go and hold Obama responsible for Guantanamo bay? He OBAMA PROMISED TO CLOSE IT DOWN if elected president but he has now backtracked. The FBI have used torture as a means of interrogating inmates. Yet the US is left free. Daily we hear cases of US soldiers committing atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan but it is "normal". Bros, FBI dont use the word "torture". There's a terminology for it: ENHANCED INFORMATION RETRIVAL (EIR). Giving a sweet coloquo to evil. Hahahehe! 1 Like |
Re: Tekunle Prison On Ita-Oko Island by olajide8(m): 11:26am On May 13, 2012 |
That place needs to be further worked on and upgraded, and renamed NO RIGHTS prison tekunle, kirikiri and ikoyi prisons should be moved their and that porch plot of land in ikoyi, where they are currently occupying sold, it can bring in cool bucks for federal government, prison warders should be sent their and that place could/should become a standard first class prison facility(maximum prison), I am of the opinion that those useless boko haram boys should be tried where the crimes where perpetrated and the people not the law, should be allowed to serve justice on them, outside that we need that kind for place/prison for boko haramists(terrorist)/political riggers and ibori looters (where those idiots can be flogged to stupor and tortured) and human rights can't reach easily because those elements don't and didn't respect the rights of well meaning people in the first instance. |
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