The Federal Government has suspended some senior officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) over the bribery allegations involving cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Secretary of the Board of the NCoS, the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and the Federal Fire Service (FFS), Ja’afaru Ahmed, on Thursday, September 26, 2024.

The secretary stated that the officers were suspended following the viral video trending on social media on their alleged infractions of the NCoS relating to Bobrisky.

The officers involved are Michael Anugwa, Deputy-Controller of corrections in charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kirikiri, Lagos State; and Sikiru Adekunle, Deputy-Controller of Corrections in charge of Maximum-Security Custodial Centre, Kirikiri in Lagos State.

Ahmed noted that the board also suspended ASC II Ogbule Obinna serving at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Afikpo, Ebonyi State.

Bobrisky: Minister probes bribery allegations in Nigerian prisons

This, he said, was based on an allegation that he accompanied a convicted inmate out of the custodial centre to a location outside the facility.

In another related development, the board equally suspended another senior officer of the service, Iloafonsi Ikechukwu, Deputy-Controller of Corrections in charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje in Abuja, for allegedly receiving money on behalf of an inmate.

Ahmed added that the suspension of the officers was to allow for further investigation of the various allegations against them.

He assured that the outcome of the investigation would be made public when concluded.

The Star