Officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service of Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre in Abuja, have apprehended a woman identified as Precious Yusuf, for attempting to smuggle drugs to an inmate.
A
statement on Wednesday by the FCT command spokesperson of the service, Adamu
Duza, stated that the suspect disguised herself as a visitor to one of the
inmates but was apprehended during a search by the correctional service officials.
According
to the spokesperson, the woman concealed the drugs in food packs.
The
statement further explained that the woman confessed that she was sent to
deliver the drugs for an inmate in the facility.
The
statement explained, “This occurred on Tuesday when the above-named lady came
in the guise of a visitor to an inmate. During the usual routine search by
officers of the Kuje Custodial Centre, items suspected to be Indian hemp and
other dangerous drugs were concealed in food packs in a carton. The culprit
confessed to having been sent to bring this to an inmate of the custodial
centre.”
According
to the statement, the Controller of Corrections, FCT Command, Ibrahim Usman,
directed that the woman should be handed over to the Nigerian Drug Law Agency
for investigation and prosecution.
The
spokesperson stated that the controller warned those planning to perpetrate the
same crime to desist.
The
statement added that Usman cautioned and warned drug peddlers to desist from
trying to smuggle in illicit substances into the custodial centres in the guise
of visits as his officers and men are on alert to deflate such a plot.
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