He, however, said that President Muhammadu Buhari was happy with the transformation of the working environment going on at the correctional service.
Mr Nababa called on well-meaning Nigerians to wholly accept the reformed citizens, patronise their businesses and desist from stigmatising them.
The control room would help guard against abuses of inmates rights and ensure adequate security surveillance of the prisons.
“In my opinion, this application is a ruse. It is an attempt to belittle the essence of criminal conviction and to aid the applicant (Maina) to live above the law.”
The Nigerian Correctional Service has dismissed nine officers and retired 25 others compulsorily for misconduct.
The officers and men were promoted from Inspectors of Corrections (IC) and Assistant Controllers of Corrections, to their next ranks.
“Will political parties be allowed to campaign inside the correctional centres?”
Besides political opposition and civil society groups who criticised Mr Buhari’s directive as overly distasteful and self-serving, violent outlaws also took note of the president’s pardon
“The NCoS has committed resources to ensure that inmates develop themselves while in custody to ensure public protection.”
The money had been kept with at least five prison officials, including those manning the commissary, for several months, our sources said.
