Nigeria Prison Break - Officials Suspended
Abba Moro, the minister of interior, has suspended senior officers of the Nigerian Prison Services after a prison break at Minna's Medium Security Prison in which several hundred prisoners escaped.
Prison cell block (file photo).
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Nigeria:
Jailbreak - Niger Prisons Controller, Others Suspended
This Day, 10 December 2014
The Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, has suspended some senior officers of the Nigerian Prison Service (NPS) in charge of affairs during the time of jail break at the Medium… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Minna Jailbreak - Prisons Controller, Others Suspended
Vanguard, 9 December 2014
Interior minister, Comrade Abba Moro has ordered the suspension of the Niger State Controller of Prisons following the jailbreak that led to the escape of over 300 inmates. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Niger Controller of Prisons Sacked Over Minna Jailbreak
Daily Trust, 9 December 2014
Minister of Interior Comrade Abba Moro has ordered the immediate removal and suspension of the Niger State Controller of Prisons Musa Maiyaki and Officer-in-Charge- ACP Mohammed… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Minna Jail Break - Moro Approves Suspension of Controller, Niger Prisons, Others
Guardian, 9 December 2014
MINISTER of Interior, Mr Abba Moro, has approved the suspension of the Controller of Niger State Prisons, Mr Musa Maiyaki, and others pending the outcome of investigations into the… Read more »
InFocus
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At least 108 of the 275 prisoners that escaped during the attack on the Medium Security Prison in Minna have reportedly been recaptured. Read more »