Nigeria Correctional Service has drawn the attention of Nigerians to a misleading report in some sections of the media that an Awaiting Trial Person, Ayomide Adeleye, ‘is not in prison" stressing that it is fallacy.
A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Service, Umar Abubakar says the inmate aged 23 years with Custody Number: S-1995/24 was remanded at the Maximum Security Custodial Centre, MSCC, Kiri-kiri, Lagos, for offence kidnapping and murder on the 26th September 2024 by Magistrate Court 13A, Ogba, Lagos state, and was produced to same court on 16 December, 2024.
According to the statement, the said date he was produced in court, the presiding magistrate ordered that he remain in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service pending advice by the Department of Public Prosecution
The statement states that the said inmate is still in the custody of the MSCC Kirikiri, Lagos, as ordered by the court, against the information being peddled by the mischievous report
It however clarifies that there was an inmate that has a similar name that was admitted at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kirikiri, Lagos State on 6 March, 2024, upon a warrant issued by Magistrate Court 15A Ogba, Lagos state, for the offence of theft but was discharged on 4th April, 2024 by the order of the court on the mentioned date.
The statement advises the media to confirm their information from appropriate quarters before going to the press to avoid dishing out falsehood to the public.
Meanwhile, the Acting Controller General of Corrections, Sylvester Nwakuche has assured that the Service is working tirelessly to ensure safe and humane custody of all legally interned persons, while ensuring they are properly reformed, rehabilitated and resettled back to their various communities.
