Jaáfaru Ahmed, comptroller-general of the Nigeria Prison Service (NPS), has ordered the dismissal of eight junior officers for various acts of indiscipline.
Ahmed’s action followed the recommendation of a zonal disciplinary committee which found the officers guilty of smuggling prohibited items such as mobile phones, marijuana and other intoxicating substances into prison yards for inmates.
The dismissed officers are: AIP Mohammed Isah Jibril, CPA Saleh Mohammed Dan’Azare, PA 1 Umar Gusau, PA 11 Mohammed Ali Ja’Oji, PA 1 Saidu Ibrahim Gusau and PA 11 Maji Maiku.
Illegal access to mobile phones and other communication gadgets by prisoners has been a source of great concern to the management of the prison service because jailbreaks had been coordinated in the past by inmates using phones.