On the evening of Thursday, August 17, 2023, the inmates in Maiduguri Maximum Security Custodial Centre (MMSCC), Borno State, North-East Nigeria were assigned a bizarre task to perform. They were asked by the newly appointed Chief Warder, Deputy Superintendent Usman Bokko to henceforth catch, slaughter and eat any cats and kittens that they come across inside the yard of the custodial centre as a substitute for government-provided beef, SaharaReporters can exclusively report.
A 15-year-old boy sentenced to death by hanging has written to the Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, lamenting sexual abuse at the hands of older inmates and warders.
YESTERDAY was the 89th birthday of Africa’s Nobel laureate, Professor ‘Wole Soyinka. We wish the ecumenical being many happy returns of the day in good health, safety, joy, honour and contentment.
Sources in Edo Prison in Benin City, south-south Nigeria, have revealed how top prison officials carry out all sorts of illegal activities, like sharing out among themselves welfare materials donated to inmates by non-governmental organisations and religious bodies. SaharaReporters also learnt that such corrupt officials use privileged inmates to attack and brutalise those who challenge them.