Redeeming the time, a condemn criminal's espionage revelation that is unsettling the big and the mighty.
Toney Etido (Senior Staff Writer)
Remember Charles Okah, the 2010 Independent day bomber, who barked life imprisonment and currently locked away in Maiduguri
maximum security prison, he has yet again found a way to make himself useful,
even as he serves his term. The notorious terrorist, who bombed venue of the
2010 independent day celebration in Abuja, the capital and killed several
people, has gotten government on their toe with his espionage under-takings that
exposed all many abominable atrocities going on under ground the Nigerian
prison service, a place people are supposed to go and get reform, but being,
even deformed instead.
According
to report obtained and reported by Sahara Reporters, sent to human right
lawyer, and Senior Advocate of Nigeria,(SAN) Mr. Femi Falana, Charles Okah appealed
to the legal luminary to as a matter of urgency institute a fundamental human
right suit against the federal government, ministry of interior, the minister, Gen.
Danbanzau (rtd) and the comptroller general of prison as defendants.
In
a 31-page piece entitled ‘Sodomy of Children in
Maiduguri Prison and The ICRC Conspiracy of Silence’, released on Friday, March
22, 2019 by Charles Okah, captures how inmates of the prison are often subjected
to illegal and abusive immoral dealings as it thrives in the prison, even to
the detriment of the life of the victims, “sometimes with the cooperation of
prison officials”, the document stated.
“MMSP is divided into
four separate compounds: Clusters 1, 2, 3 and 4. Clusters 1, 2 and 3 are to
accommodate men, while another “much smaller compound, ‘Gidan Mata’, is for the
female inmates.”
I currently occupy
Cell 9, Unit 1, Cluster 2 in MMSP.
For some reason,
among the 71 persons on death row in MMSP is 13-year-old Suleiman Salisu, who
bludgeoned his father to death as a way of saying ‘no more’ to being sexually
defiled. The older Salisu had been defiling his son since he was five years
old, an action he took after sniffing glue. However, according to Okah’s
account, Suleiman’s maternal uncle, Usman Durkwa, who is also Deputy Governor of
Borno State, had told the teenager to say during trial that he killed his
father because he was unhappy with his sniffing glue.
However, Suleiman,
like his peers in prison are far from safe as they have become victims of
sexual molestation by older inmates”, the document explained, as reported by
Sahara Reporters.
Meanwhile, the Governor of Borno State, Alhaji
Kashim Shetima however, have constituted and would be inaugurating tomorrow, an
investigative panel to look into the report, most especially of child prostitution,
Sodomy and forceful abortion. Shettima who announced this in a twit, said the panel is to be
chaired by the State's attorney general and commissioner of justice, Barrister
Kaka Shehu Lawan while the permanent Secretary, Ministry of women Affairs and
social development is to serve as Secretary.
Below is Governor
Shettima's twit using his verified handle:
I just came across this
disturbing story reported by usually credible @saharareporters. I am immediately
setting up a committee under the chairmanship of the Hon. Attorney General and
Commissioner of Justice alongside some key officials to visit the prisons; meet
officials, investigate and report to me as soon as possible.
Members of the Committee are:
1) Barr.K.S.Lawan,A.G& HC
2) Hauwa Mai-MUSA,P.S.Women Affairs Min;
3) Barr.Mohammed Umaru,Chairman,NBA,Maiduguri,
4) Barr.Amina Mustafa Ibrahim,Chairperson,Federation of International Women Lawyers,FIDA
5)Representative of the NPF;
6) Representative of the DSS;
7) Representative of the Comptroller,Nigeria Prisons Service,BORNO.
8) Jummai Usman Mshelia,State Coordinator,National Human Rights Commission.
1) Barr.K.S.Lawan,A.G& HC
2) Hauwa Mai-MUSA,P.S.Women Affairs Min;
3) Barr.Mohammed Umaru,Chairman,NBA,Maiduguri,
4) Barr.Amina Mustafa Ibrahim,Chairperson,Federation of International Women Lawyers,FIDA
5)Representative of the NPF;
6) Representative of the DSS;
7) Representative of the Comptroller,Nigeria Prisons Service,BORNO.
8) Jummai Usman Mshelia,State Coordinator,National Human Rights Commission.
The Permanent Secretary, ministry
of women affairs will serve as Member/Secretary.
Insha'Allah, I will inaugurate the committee at 11am on Monday.
Insha'Allah, I will inaugurate the committee at 11am on Monday.
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