The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has debunked the story of the attack on Abba Kyari, by some inmates and that the service was trying to relocate him to another location.
According to the service, the story is fake and the handiwork of mischief-makers.
In a statement by Controller-General of Corrections, Haliru Nababa, he explained that the attention of the centre has been drawn to a publication by an online media organisation alleging that Abba Kyari, an inmate, in one of the custodial centres, was attacked by his fellow inmates.
“The fake news paddler further stated that the authorities of the Service were considering transferring Abba Kyari to the DSS custody. The story is false, reckless, and mischievous. It is the handiwork of some jobless cheap recognition-seeking charlatans masquerading as newsmen, lacking in intellectual capacity to interrogate what they conjure or hear before feeding the public.
“That the author is completely oblivious of where and how the detention of a suspect originates speaks volumes of his ineptitude and the much his story can be relied upon. For the record, Abba Kyari is one of the over 800 inmates in the location where he is being kept and notable individuals including Ex-Governors, Ministers, Senators, and other celebrities of higher social status have passed through the same facility without any threat to their lives.
“The authorities of the NCoS did not and has no course to request for the transfer of Abba Kyari or indeed, any inmate to any other detention centre outside its jurisdiction because there is no justification for such request.
“Abba Kyari is safe and sound and goes about his daily routine like any other inmate, unharmed. Those playing pranks with his detention are warned to desist from such unpatriotic acts as they may be asked, through formal litigation, to justify their statement.
” The service is determined to continue to upscale inmates’ welfare, safety and humane custody with fervour and therefore will not be distracted by inane publications”.
