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Lagos, Nigeria<\/strong> \u2013 A convicted armed robber serving a 21-year sentence was recently caught attempting to obtain an international passport while still incarcerated at the Kirikiri Maximum Security Custodial Centre, sparking disciplinary action and a broader investigation into prison oversight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The inmate, identified as Haruna Ayo, had been sentenced to life imprisonment for armed robbery, later reduced to a 21-year term. He is scheduled for release on October 11, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The incident occurred on Wednesday, May 19, when Ayo was taken to the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) passport office in FESTAC Town under suspicious circumstances. According to reports, Ayo was among five inmates assigned menial duties at the residence of the facility\u2019s officer-in-charge. During the outing, a junior officer, allegedly acting on orders from a superior, instructed the supervising warder to release Ayo into his custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ayo was then escorted to the NIS office, where his presence aroused suspicion. An immigration source revealed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhile waiting to be attended to, the warder escorting him became impatient and said, \u2018I need to take him back to the cell.\u2019 That raised eyebrows immediately. Immigration officers detained both the inmate and the officer and alerted the authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The matter was promptly reported to the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Lagos Command at Alagbon, leading to the suspension of two prison officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued Saturday, NCoS spokesperson Umar Abubakar confirmed the suspension, describing the incident as a breach of protocol uncovered through NIS\u2019s automated passport system and internal monitoring reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSuch actions contradict established rules and procedures of the NCoS and are both unacceptable and impermissible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Abubakar praised the inter-agency cooperation that exposed the misconduct and emphasized the commitment of the Controller General of Corrections, Sylvester Ndidi Nwakuche, to discipline and accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAny personnel found engaging in misconduct, corruption, or sabotage will be shown the way out of the system,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), chaired by Interior Minister Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has begun a full investigation into the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lagos, Nigeria – A convicted armed robber serving a 21-year sentence was recently caught attempting to obtain an international passport while still incarcerated at the Kirikiri Maximum Security Custodial Centre, sparking disciplinary action and a broader investigation into prison oversight. The inmate, identified as Haruna Ayo, had been sentenced to life imprisonment for armed robbery, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":14497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-big-story","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/images-27.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14498,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14496\/revisions\/14498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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