THE Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has destroyed seized and confiscated items from various Custodial Centers across the nation worth over N150 million at the National Headquarters, Abuja.
The prohibited items seized overtime via the proactive measures and routine search of cells by officers and men of the Service include cell phones, sim cards, laptops, hard drugs, power banks and other electronic devices considered contraband for inmates in custody.
This was disclosed by the Public Relations Officer of the Service, Abubakar Danlami Umar, in a statement on Thursday, March 23.
He said the Controller General of Corrections (CGC), Haliru Nababa set the items ablaze in fulfilment of sections 51 and 52 of the Service Standing Orders (SO).
Photo credit: NCoS
“Nababa thereafter thanked the Officers for their display of professionalism and assured the general Public that the Service will not relent in efforts towards ridding all Custodial Centers of prohibited items,” he said.
The CGC further stressed that searching cells would be a continuous exercise to ensure that inmates in Custody comply with standard operating procedures, which gives room for rehabilitation and reformatory programmes to thrive.
According to him, returning the inmates to society as self-sustained persons and employers of labour are paramount in the agenda of the Service at this time.
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