The Nigeria Correctional Service has debunked the report that an awaiting trial person for Kidnapping and Murder, Ayomide Adeleye, is no longer in the Prison.

Ayomide Adeleye, aged 23 years with Custody Number: S-1995/24 was remanded at the Maximum Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kiri-kiri, Lagos, for offence of kidnapping and murder on the 26th September 2024 by Magistrate Court 13A, Ogba, Lagos state, and was produced in same court on 16 December, 2024.

According the Deputy Controller of Corrections and Public Relations Officer, Nigerian Correctional Umar Abubakar in a statement made available to our Correspondent in Abuja, on the said date he was produced in court, the presiding magistrate ordered that he remain in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service pending advice by the Department of Public Prosecution (DPP)noting that the report of his escape was baseless and unfounded.

The statement declared that Service the categorically affirmed that the said inmate is still in the custody of the MSCC Kirikiri, Lagos, as ordered by the court, against the information being peddled by the mischievous report.

It added that there was an inmate that has a similar name that was admitted at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kirikiri, Lagos State on 6 March, 2024, upon a warrant issued by Magistrate Court 15A Ogba, Lagos state, for the offence of theft.

The statement clarified that the inmate was discharged on 4th April, 2024 by the order of the court on the mentioned date.

The Nigeria Correctional Service said that the report was targeted at misleading the general public and bringing the image of the Service to disrepute, just as it urged the Media to confirm their information from appropriate quarters before going to press, to avoid dishing out falsehood to the public.

The Acting Controller General of Corrections (Ag. CGC) Sylvester Ndidi Nwakuche, therefore assured that the Service is working tirelessly to ensure safe and humane custody of all legally interned persons, while ensuring they are properly reformed, rehabilitated and resettled back to their various communities.