Tag: Nigeria prison service

Slain Prisons Controller-General Buried Amidst Tears

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The Assistant Controller-General of Prisons, Nanvyat Wuyep Gwali who was gruesomely murdered by yet to be identified gunmen in his farmstead along Keffi – Nasarawa road in Nasarawa State was finally laid to rest on Friday in his home town, Simchor in Kanamycin LGA of Plateau State. The body which arrived at his village at about 1145hrs was greeted by a wailing crowd amidst curses that the perpetrators of the dastardly act be unmasked and brought to book soonest. In a condolence message to the diseased family, the Controller-General of…

MINNA JAIL BREAK: Prison Officer, Okada Rider killed … We have recaptured fleeing Prisoners – NPS

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There was a jailbreak at Minna Medium Security Prison located at Tunga area of Minna Metropolis.   According to Public Relations Officer,Nigerian Prison Service, Niger command,DSP Rabiu M Shuaib, the unfortunate incident which occurred on Sunday, 3rd June, 2018 at about 8pm, was perpetuated by armed criminals who attacked the prison and gained access after exchange of fire with prison armed men .   The attacked led to dead of a prison officer and an Okada rider who convey a prison officer on night duty.   DSP Rabiu M Shuaib,…

NPS, Police Foil Attack to Free Inmates

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An attack on a prisons ‘court duty vehicle conveying 18 awaiting trial persons from Sokoto prison to court by some miscreants has been foiled by men of the prisons Armed squad and the police force. The hoodlums, armed with machetes and other dangerous weapons attempted to set free the inmates being taken to court along sultan Abubakar Road, Sokoto at about 1000hrs. The attack was however repelled as men of the Nigerian Police Force swiftly responded to assist the Nigerian prisons Armed squad personnel to resist the attack thus preventing…