FG bans the use of phones in Nigerian prisons

Following the recent jailbreak attempt in some
Nigerian prisons in recent times, the Federal govt
today banned the use of phones by both
prisoners and prison officials within the prison

premises.
The ban was pronounced by Minister of Interior
Affairs, Abba Moro while speaking with some
senior prison officials in Abuja.
"I have visited some prisons in other
countries as the Minister of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria; Nobody, no matter how
highly placed you are, you don’t come to
prison with your phones, not even the
minister of Interior as the supervising
minister over the prisons. So, why are you
an exception?. Henceforth, no matter who
you are including myself, nobody goes into
prison with telephones."
And so, as you are going from here, create
a meeting platform where all the officers
that work in the prisons as they walk into
prisons, they submit their phones and
collect them when they close.”
The Minister also directed that all the phones on
all inmates should be confiscated withing 30
days.

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