Nigeria: Boko Haram - FG Re-Opens 8 Satellite Prisons in North-East

25 August 2016

The federal government has announced the re-opening of eight satellite prisons located in Bauchi state, North-east Nigeria, which were earlier closed down due to the wave of Boko Haram insurgency in the zone.

Controller-General of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS), Ja'afaru Ahmed announced this Thursday in Abuja in a statement signed by the service spokesman, Francis Enobore.

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