The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has ordered the immediate investigation of officers at Kuje Correctional Centre accused of extorting inmates in the facility.
The order followed a petition written by a lawyer, Bala Dakum, accusing the controller in charge of Kuje Correctional Centre and his officers of engaging in series of grave allegations bordering on extortion of inmates, abuse of office, corruption, and gross misconduct.
“These acts reportedly include, but are not limited to, demands for unlawful payments in exchange for access to basic rights and privileges such as medical attention, movement within the facility, humane treatment and other services that inmates are legally entitled to without inducement,” the lawyer stated.
The NCoS Public Relations Officer, Jane Osuji, disclosed that the Service Controller-General, Sylvester Nwakuche, ordered an investigation into the allegations on Friday, February 13, 2026.
Osuji assured that such allegations would not be swept under the carpet.
Osunji said: “We are in receipt of the petition that you sent me a copy of; the office of the CG has received it and it is disheartening to read such allegations put out by a lawyer.
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“The Controller-General and the Nigerian Correctional Service, as a whole, will not take kindly to such allegations; we don’t treat them with kit gloves.
“It is something that speaks negatively to the whole essence of us achieving our mandate. So we don’t take it kindly.
“Immediately after our conversation yesterday, when the CG got the message, he ordered for a full investigation to ascertain the veracity of that claim to ensure that such a thing, if it is true, is not condoned by the service at all.
“We cannot be building and tearing down at the same time or allow anybody within our system to tear down what we are building everyday.
“We have received the petition and investigation has already commenced.
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