For being seniors of prisons boss, two top officers retired

Aminu Suley, a deputy controller-general and Ali Bala Salami, an assistant controller-general of have been retired from the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS).

Francis Enobore, spokesman of the NPS disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday.

He noted that the pair were retired due to the promotion of their junior, Ahmed Jafaru as controller-general of the prison service.

“Following the appointment of Jafaru Ahmed as the Controller-General of the Nigerian Prisons Service, the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPB), in an emergency meeting held on the 27th of June, 2016 has approved the retirement of a Deputy Controller-General and an Assistant Controller-General of Prisons from the service.

“The letter signed by the Secretary of the Board, Alh. A. A. Ibrahim dated 28th June, 2016 indicated that the decision was taken due to the officers’ seniority in service to the new Controller-General of Prisons and in consonance with military and paramilitary convention.

“While wishing them good luck in their future endeavours, the (CDFIPB) commended the officers for their contributions to the development of the Nigerian Prisons Service.”