FG Suspends Prison Officials Amid Bobrisky’s Scandal

The Federal Government has suspended key officers overseeing the Maximum and Minimum Custodial Centres in Kirikiri, Lagos State, following a leaked audio suggesting that cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, known as Bobrisky, who was sentenced to six months imprisonment, was provided with an apartment outside the prison facility.

Ja’afaru Ahmed, Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire, and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), announced the suspension in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.

This comes after Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, initiated an investigation into the allegations.

Ahmed confirmed that the suspension aims to ensure a thorough investigation, with the findings to be made public once completed.

He said; “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”.