The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed two personnel and sanctioned 35 others for misconduct.
Abubakar Umar, the Service Public Relations Officer in a statement on Wednesday announced that the dismissal was part of efforts to ensure discipline among personnel and entrench international correctional best practices.
He said that the officers were sanctioned for misconducts ranging from trafficking in contrabands, stealing, unauthorised absence from duty, criminal conspiracy, negligence of duty, as well as aiding and abetting.
Umar explained that the offences constituted threats to security of correctional facilities and could jeopardise public safety and national security.
“Controller General of Corrections, Haliru Nababa as clarifying that the service would continue to reward diligence and exceptional performance.
“The service would continue to ensure that bad eggs were flushed out of the system.”
He however assured that the service would also continue to perform its statutory mandate with integrity and based on ethical standards in line with international best practices.
