The Minister said the committee must look at the recent allegation that some correctional service personnel had allowed Bobrisky to reside in an alternative accommodation while serving his jail term.
An independent investigative panel has been instituted by the Tinubu-led Federal Government to investigate the damning allegations of corruption and gross violations of standard operating procedures within the Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS.
The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, inaugurated the committee in Abuja on Monday, September 30.
During the inauguration, the Minister said the committee must also look at the recent allegation that some correctional service personnel had allowed Bobrisky to reside in an alternative accommodation while serving his jail term.
Tunji-Ojo noted the need for a holistic approach to unravel the issues being investigated, through empirical and fact-finding processes that will proffer lasting solutions to the challenges.
“We want to reform the correctional service. Your core responsibility is to investigate specific allegations of corruption, torture, and mistreatment of inmates by correctional officers, especially the immediate one on Bobrisky which I expect to be out in two weeks,” he said.
Headed by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr Magdalene Ajani, the Minister charged the committee to carry out their duties without fear or favour to any party.
“We will rely on your legal guidance to be sure that whatever we do is in line with the law of the land. We will rely on you to be able to come up with a way forward, as well as facts that would be made public to Nigerians. I want to say this very clearly, nobody will be shielded. Nobody, no matter how highly placed, will be shielded.”
While proposing medium and long-term solutions to prevent future occurrences, the minister further charged the committee to identify systemic issues contributing to violations within the service and recommend concrete actions for immediate redress and policy reforms.
The committee comprises Omotese Eva (Mrs.), Director Legal; Nasir Usman, Director, Joint Services; Dr. Uju Agomoh, President, Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action, PRAWA, who is a former Board Member of the International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA); and Dr. Ikechukwu Ezeugo, Human Rights Radio consultant, a Forensic Researcher and Social Impact Expert with over 27 years experience in corporate leadership.
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