IMO STATE GOVERNMENT CALL ON FEDERAL GOVT. FOR RELOCATION OF OWERRI PRISONS

Imo State Government has called on the Federal Government for its nod over the Need for immediate relocation of Owerri Prisons to its permanent site saying its present location is a security risk.

Speaking during a courtesy call at office of the deputy governor by the top ranking officers of the Nigeria Prisons led by the Ag. Asst. Comptroller, Zone E, Mr. Ahaotu C.C., Prince Eze Madumere harped on the need to relocate Owerri Prisons to its permanent site. Imo Deputy Governor averred that the State had long indicated its readiness to assist in achieving that owing to high risk it portends to Owerri capital and its environs.

Citing Ondo Jail Break as an example, he harped on the need to prevent future occurrence by locating Prisons where it will be well secured with needed facilities for better fortification.

Speaking further, Imo Deputy Governor considers the Nigeria Prisons as one of the areas that has impacted positively in his life for the period he was unjustly incarcerated for the better way he has come to appreciate justice and that most people that are in prisons may not be after all guilty of whatever allegations leveled against them. He further extolled the virtues of the officers who are humane in the way they conduct themselves especially in some isolated cases of vendetta.

Speaking earlier during the courtesy call, the Ag. Asst. Comptroller of Prisons, Zone E, Ahaotu called for Government support so as to enable the Nigeria Prisons function optimally while the Deputy Governor assured the officers of the Governor's readiness to support both in logistics and other strategic areas where necessary for their operations especially in the areas of dispensing of justice, decongest ion and other strategic help.