Blood on Uniforms (2): No justice for inmates killed by Nigerian prison officials
Apart from killing the inmates and lying about it, the Nigeria Correctional Service also forced families of the victims to sign controversial undertaking documents. 9 min read
(In the second part of this series on extrajudicial killings during the COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria, Kemi Busari investigates the killing of an awaiting trial inmate at the Kaduna Correctional facility and why prison authorities refuse to release his body. Read the first part here).
Wisdom Felix has been dead for about 11 months now but his siblings would dare not break the news to his mother.
BLOOD ON UNIFORMS (2): No Justice For Inmates Killed By Nigerian Correctional Officers As Families Beg For Corpses
On Thursday, April 9, 2020, ten days after Nigeria entered partial lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officers of the Nigeria police, army, correctional service and others had extra-judicially killed 13 while enforcing the curfew – the virus had only claimed six lives then. By May 4, when the government eased the lockdown, about 20 persons had been killed in similar circumstances. For three months, investigative journalist, Kemi Busari, followed the trails of these arbitrary killings which have left many families devastated, with no hope of justice.
by Kemi Busari
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Five inmates died while trying to escape from prisons in Kaduna and Imo states.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 27, 2020
More than 2,058 prisoners escaped from the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) facilities in 2020 following jail breaks in Delta, Edo and Ondo states.
Five inmates died while trying to escape from prisons in Kaduna and Imo states, according to a Daily Trust report.
The most recent jailbreak was the escape of 1,993 prisoners from two correctional facilities in Edo State, on October 19, 2020, which the Comptroller of the facility, Andrew Egbobawaye, confirmed shortly after the jailbreaks.
Taking advantage of the #EndSARS protest, hoodlums using local tools and weapons, broke into the prisons and freed inmates.