14 Nigeria prisons officers suspended over Abuja jailbreak

The Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration
and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPB)
has approved the suspension of four
senior officers following the recent
escape of two high profile inmates,
Solomon Amodu and Maxwell Ajukwu,
from Kuje Medium Security Prison.
Kuje is a suburb of Abuja, Nigeria’s
capital city.
Similarly, the Controller-General of
Prisons, Ja’afaru Ahmed, has approved
the suspension of 10 junior staff of the
prison over the incident.
This was contained in a statement on
Monday by the spokesperson of the
Nigeria Prisons Service, Francis
Enobore, a deputy comptroller of
prisons.
Messrs. Amodu and Ajukwu, both
standing trial for culpable homicide,
escaped from the prison on June 24.
The affected officers and men are DCP
Musa Tanko, SIP Buhari Musa Dogo,
PIP Stephen Edogbanya J and PIP
Patrick Teru.
The junior staff suspended are IP
Usman Peter, IP Dennis B. Makum, IP,
Fassan S. Akin, SPA Daka James, SPA
Adamu Luka, SPA Zakari Yunasa and
PA Asnamal Samuel.
Others are PA Ejegwa Patrick, PA 11
Isah Ibrahim and PA 11 Ngede Salifu.
The statement said the suspension of the prisons
officials was “sequel to the outcome of the
preliminary investigation into the incident and in
consonance with PSR 030406 (2008) Revised
Version.”
It also said the officers were suspended from duty to
allow for unhindered trial process.
It said the commissioned officers among them would
be served with letters of query while the junior staff
would be given Form 96 (Charge Sheet) to explain
their role in the unfortunate saga.
The statement also said efforts to recapture the
fleeing prisoners in collaboration with sister
security agencies were ongoing, adding “this is in
addition to tightening security measures in and
prison formations nationwide to forestall a repeat of
such incident.”
It added, “The Controller General wishes to solicit
the cooperation of members of the public to
volunteer useful information that will assist in the
recapture of the fugitives.”