Following
the recent jailbreak attempt in some Nigerian prisons in recent times, the
Federal government today banned the use of phones by both prisoners and prison
officials within the prison premises.
The ban was pronounced by Minister of Interior Affairs, Abba Moro while speaking with some senior prison officials in Abuja.
The ban was pronounced by Minister of Interior Affairs, Abba Moro while speaking with some senior prison officials in Abuja.
"I have visited
some prisons in other countries as the Minister of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria; Nobody, no matter how highly placed you are, you don’t come to prison
with your phones, not even the minister of Interior as the supervising minister
over the prisons. So, why are you an exception?. Henceforth, no matter who you
are including myself, nobody goes into prison with telephones."
And so, as you are going
from here, create a meeting platform where all the officers that work in the
prisons as they walk into prisons, they submit their phones and collect them
when they close.”
The Minister also
directed that all the phones on all inmates should be confiscated within 30
days.
News Credit: LIB
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