The Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS) has reshuffled its senior officers in a bid to curb the recent jailbreaks across the country, the NCoS spokesperson, Francis Enabore said. The Deputy Comptroller General of Corrections (DCG) in charge of operations, Ahmed Tukur, and the Deputy Comptroller of Corrections (DCC), Head of Intelligence and Investigations, Nkechi Nwanebo, have been asked to quit their roles and have been redeployed.
Tukur and Nwanebo will now take up positions of Non-Custodial Measures (NCM) Directorate and the Operations Service (OPS) Directorate, respectively.
Also, Aminu Yusuf, who was in charge of the Armed Squad Unit (ASU) of the correctional service, has been moved to the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Bauchi State.
The reshufflement was conveyed in an internal memo, redeploying top officials to lesser roles and directing the affected officers to conclude the process of handing and taking over before next Friday.