Kuje Prison beefs up security over Ndume, others

The Nation

18 December 2011

Kuje Prison beefs up security over Ndume, others

A heavy security cordon has been formed around the Kuje Prison, in the Federal Capital Territory, which for now, houses some suspects on trial for terrorism.

They are Senator Ali Ndume, Charles Okah (younger brother of the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, Henry Okah), Obi Nwabueze, Edmund Ebiware and Tiemkemfa Francis Osvwo.

Already a fact-finding team raised on the orders of Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja has visited the prison over alleged lock up of Charles Okah by prison warders when his cell was fumigated on December 9.

The fumigation was as a result of the discovery of a scorpion in Okah’s cell.

Investigation by our correspondent revealed that the detention of the suspected backers of terrorists has heightened tension in the prison.