NPS dismisses officer for drug trafficking

THE Controller General of Prisons, Ja’afaru Ahmed has approved the recommendation of Zone ‘C’ Disciplinary Committee for the dismissal of Prison Assistant 1, Umar Adamu from the Nigerian Prisons Service.

He was allegedly dismissed for the offence of trafficking (smuggling) illicit drugs into the prison yard for prisoners.

Public Relations Officer of Prisons, Mr Francis Enobore, conveyed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.

Enobore said this was part of a concerted effort by the administration to continue to maintain discipline and ensure that mal-adjusted inmates in Prison custody are only handled by those with the required rectitude to do so.

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He said there was no gainsaying that exposing inmates to the use of hard drugs is an anathema to the reformation goal of the Prisons Service as it does not only precipitate health complications but also constitutes a security risk to innocent lives in and around the prison.

He said Ja’afaru, therefore, warned that any officer caught in such an ignoble act would be shown the way out of the Service as they have no business being in a character reformation agency.

The Controller-General assured the public that the management of the NPS remains irrevocably committed to sustaining the peace and calm now existing in prisons across the country in order to enhance reformation and rehabilitation of offenders in prisons custody.