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ANAMBRA CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES PLACED ON RED ALERT DURING ELECTIONS

The Controller General of Corrections, Haliru Nababa, has declared all Custodial centres red zone. This was made known by the Deputy Controller General of Corrections in charge of operations, Tukur Ahmed , during his confidence building visit to Anambra State on Wednesday, preparatory to the November 6th gubernatorial elections in the State.


The DCG who was in company of the Controller of Corrections Anambra State Command, Pat Chukwuemeka visited Awka and Onitsha Custodial Centres, charged the staff to be professional and security conscious, stressing that on no account should there be security lapses in any of the Custodial centres in the State.


He admonished staff especially the Armed Squad to be at alert to avert any incursions from the men of the underworld before, during and after the elections. 


He charged them to collaborate and seamlessly work with sister agencies who have been drafted to support our men at the Custodial centres for effective security.


He later visited the State Headquarters of the Nigerian Police where he had a closed door meeting with the Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng on security issues. He expressed his satisfaction on the security structure on ground.


The Controller of Corrections in charge of Command, Pat Chukwuemeka had earlier deployed more staff from the state headquarters to beef up security at the four Custodial centres in the State. 


She said the synergy with other sister agencies is robust and cordial which led to the heavy presence of the Military, Police and other security agencies around our Custodial centres to forestall any attempt by hoodlums to launch attack on the facilities.


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