FG receives report on alleged corruption, torture in Nigerian correctional centres

The Federal Government has received the study of an autarkic investigative sheet acceptable up to analyse allegations of corruption, maltreatment of power, torture and different forms of misconduct wrong the Nigerian Correctional Service.

The improvement was disclosed by the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, successful a connection posted connected his authoritative page.

According to the minister, the panel, chaired by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Magdalene Ajani, concluded its duty aft 18 months of probe pursuing its inauguration successful November 2024.

Tunji-Ojo said the findings of the sheet would service arsenic a usher for reforms aimed astatine improving correctional facilities crossed the country.

“The findings volition service arsenic a beardown instauration for transforming our correctional facilities from specified places of incarceration into existent centres of rehabilitation, reformation, restoration and reintegration,” helium stated.

The curate besides highlighted ongoing rehabilitation programmes wrong correctional centres, noting that the fig of inmates who returned to custody aft merchandise had reduced importantly successful caller years.

According to him, the fig of recorded cases of recidivism dropped from 11,616 inmates successful 2023 to 1,382 inmates successful 2025.<...