Many inmates are said to be dying in the custody of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) due to poor feeding and the high level of food racketeering in detention facilities.
The Secretary of the Independent Investigative Panel on the Alleged Corruption, Abuse of Power, Torture, Cruel, Inhumane, and Degrading Treatment of Inmates Against the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Dr. Uju Agomoh, stated this at the panelโs ongoing public hearing in Abuja.
She said that inmates are starving because in all of the facilities we went to during our inspection visit as a panel during the last week of February (2024), there was no food up to the approved weekly standards by the agency.
The stock they are supposed to have for at least seven days, as is the practice, is not being implemented. (Guardian)