An Assistant Inspector of Corrections (AIC) with the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), Enugu State Command, Osmond Ifeoma has been arrested for trying to smuggle some substances suspected to be cannabis sativa into the Custodial Centre.
The suspect according to the Enugu Command of NCS has been given a departmental trial and handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for prosecution.
In a statement, the Public Relations Officer, Monday Emeka (DSC), said the Command had zero tolerance for drug trafficking and was working to ensure that bad eggs in the Centre were flushed out.
The Command’s statement came at the heels of an online publication that alleged that the officer in charge of Enugu Prison heads a cartel smuggling sacks of cannabis, alcohol, mobile phones for inmates.
Emeka described the report as false, malicious and unpatriotic.
“The command under the leadership of Nicholas Obiako, the Controller of Corrections stimulated a sting operation to entrench discipline among staff in conjunction with the officer in charge of stations in the Command, including Enugu Custodial Centre, which led to the arrest of AIC Osmond Ifeoma at Enugu Custodial Centre as he tried to smuggle some substances suspected to be cannabis sativa.
“He was tried departmentally and handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for prosecution as the command has zero tolerance for any act of trafficking and is working to ensure that the bad eggs are fished out. This is evident in fact that some staff were recently shown the way out,” Emeka said.
