The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has countered an Michael Anugwa, who claim that he wasn’t suspended and affirmed the suspension of three of its personnel over a bribery allegation involving Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky.
On Monday, Michael Anugwa, deputy controller of corrections (DCC) and officer in charge of the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Kirikiri Lagos, told the house of representatives panel that he was not served any suspension letter over the allegation.
“It was just a social media suspension,” Anugwa told the legislators.
In a statement issued after the hearing, Umar Abubakar, assistant controller of corrections, insisted that the officers, including Anugwa, have been suspended.
Abubakar described Anugwa’s remarks as an “act of gross misconduct aimed at misleading the public”.
Abubakar listed the suspended officers as “Sikiru Adekunle, officer-in-charge of the Maximum Security Custodial Centre, Kirikiri, Lagos; Kevin Iloafonsi, the officer-in-charge of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, FCT command; Ogbule Obinna, assistant superintendent of corrections (ASC II) of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abakiliki, Ebonyi state; and Anugwa”.
He added that the suspension was conveyed to the various officers accordingly.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Nigerian Correctional Service suspended not only the said officer in the video, but three (3) other officers following their alleged roles in various misconducts so as to allow for further investigation,” the statement reads. #NCoS
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