The Comptroller of the female section of Nigerian Prisons, Kirikiri, Lagos Mrs. Lizzie Ekoendu, has been redeployed.
This Followed the uproar generated over the beauty pageant conducted in the facility where murder suspect, Chidinma Ojukwu, emerged as Miss Cell 2022.
Ojukwu, the alleged murder suspect of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, was crowned ‘Miss Cell 2022’, on March 8, at a beauty contest organised by the prison authorities to commemorate International Women’s Day.
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The contest generated mixed reactions across the country with some people arguing that the pageant was inappropriate for a suspect facing a murder trial while others argued that the prison authority reserved the right to conduct the pageant of all inmates.
It was learnt that the comptroller was redeployed some days back. Although Francis Enobore, spokesperson for the Prison authorities failed to confirm the redeployment when franktalknow got in touch with him, impeccable sources confirmed that Ekoendu is no longer in charge of the female section of the Kirikiri prisons. She was said to have bee redeployed some days ago.
It was learnt that Ekpendu was redeployed to the Lagos Command Headquarters, Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos.
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