FG suspends four top prison officers over alleged N15m Bobrisky bribe

At least four top prisoner officers in charge of the Maximum and Minimum Custodial Centres, Kirikiri, Lagos State, have been suspended following a leaked audio which seemed to indicate that popular crossdresser, Idris Okuneye aka Bobrisky, who was sentenced to six months in jail, was given an apartment outside the custodial centre.

This was confirmed in a statement signed by Ja’afaru Ahmed, the Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board, CDCFIB, on Thursday in Abuja.

In the statement, Ahmed noted that the suspension of the officers is to enable further investigation of the various allegations, assuring that the outcome would be made public when concluded.

“Following the viral video trending on social media on alleged infractions by officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service relating to Mr Idris Okuneye, widely known as Bobrisky, the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board has suspended forthwith the following senior officers of the service: Michael Anugwa, Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC), in-charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kiri-kiri, Lagos State; and Sikiru Adekunle, Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC), in-charge of Maximum-Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kiri-kiri, Lagos State.

“Also, the Board has suspended ASC II Ogbule Samuel Obinna, serving at the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Afikpo, Ebonyi State, for allegedly accompanying a convicted inmate out of the Custodial Centre to a location outside the facility.

“In another related development, the Board has equally suspended another Senior Officer of the Service, Iloafonsi Kevin Ikechukwu, Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC), in-charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kuje, Abuja, for allegedly receiving monies on behalf of an inmate,” he said.