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September 30, 2024
Anugwa is the officer in charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kirikiri, Lagos State, where cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, served his term.
The Deputy Controller of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Michael Anugwa, has dispelled the media reports of his suspension from the service.
Anugwa is the officer in charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kirikiri, Lagos State, where cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, served his term.
SaharaReporters had reported on Thursday, the secretary to Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), Ja’afaru Ahmed, announced the suspension of Anugwa and Sikiru Adekunle, deputy controller of corrections in the MSCC.
A social media influencer, Martins Otse known as VeryDarkMan, had alleged in viral videos that some officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) collected N15million from Bobrisky for the anti-graft agency to drop money laundering charges against him during his naira spraying ordeal in April after which a court sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment.
The influencer had also alleged that Bobrisky paid some millions of naira to secure a choice place in prison.
Bobrisky has since denied the allegations while the EFCC and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) had ordered investigations into the allegations by the blogger.
Ahmed, however, in a statement announcing the suspension of some officers, had said it was to allow for further investigation of the various allegations.
But addressing members of the House of Representatives joint committee on financial crimes and reformatory institutions, Anugwa dispelled the allegations.
The committee is investigating the bribery allegation against the anti-graft agency and the NCoS.
“It was a social media report. I wasn’t served a letter,” he said.