Prison Officials Sacked For Smuggling Drugs Into Cells

The Controller-General of Prisons, Jaáfaru Ahmed, has approved the recommendation of the Zonal Disciplinary Committee for the dismissal of eight prison officers for professional misconduct.

The eight officers were found guilty of trafficking prohibited items such as mobile phones, Indian hemp and other narcotics into the prison yards for inmates according to statement on Monday in Abuja by the NPS spokesman, Francis Enobore.

A letter signed by the officer in-charge of discipline, CP O. Agun,  on behalf of the Controller-General said, IP Thomas Jatau and PA II Mottallem Yari, were dismissed for trafficking mobile phones into the prisons.

The statement explained that AIP Mohammed Jibril, CPA Saleh  Dan’Azare, PA II Umar Gusau, PA II Mohammed  Ja’Oji, PA 1 Saidu Gusau and PA II Maji Maiku were fired for smuggling Indian hemp and other prohibited items into the prisons.