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WARDENS ALLEGEDLY KILLS PRISONER IN EKET, AKWA IBOM CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

Afnews Editor

Nov 23, 2019

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One of the inmates in the Nigerian Correctional Service, Eket, Akwa Ibom State was on Friday night allegedly killed by suspected warders manning the centre.

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Sources revealed that the deceased, who was yet to be identified, was beaten to death following little misunderstanding with the warders.

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However, other inmates having seen what happened, at early hours of Saturday matched out in protest, destroying some facilities in the centre

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According to a source who pleaded anonymity, "Over 100 inmates started the protest around 5:30 am on Saturday in the NCS in Eket because of the killing of one of them. They destroyed property's worth millions of naira including four internal cells.

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"The clinic facilities, kitchen, store houses, pantry and other facilities. They condemned the inmates cells, nearly all the facilities were destroyed."

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He added that amidst the pandemonium, some inmates tried to escape but were apprehended by warders and one was shot at the leg, others sustained various degrees of injuries.

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He explained that the inmates had put holes on the walls so that they can climb the prison wall to escape but unfortunately none of them escaped.

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Meanwhile warders have mounted surveillance on the hospital were the injured inmates are receiving treatments.

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"If not for the combined JTF, DSS, Police, detachment of neighbouring personnel in other local government area including Uyo, the inmates would have escaped," he said.

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The Public Relations Officer of NCS in the state, Mr. Josiah Ogbajie, when contacted, said investigation was still ongoing and the command would soon issue a statement on the matter.

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