Security Breach In Ikoyi Prison As Inmate Allegedly Hijacked Security System

A security breach has been reported at the Ikoyi maximum prison, BigPen Online can report.

The breach followed the alleged installation of Close Circuit Cameras at the Prison by an inmate who was reportedly remanded over the 661 pumps action riffles that were unlawfully imported into the country in January 2017 through the Lagos port.

The alleged security breach in the Ikoyi Prisons Security Network was carried out in connivance with one DCP Tolu Ogunsakin in the Lagos State Police Command.

According to a report sourced from IGBERETV, an accused simply identified as Donatus Achinulo who has been refused bail by Justice Ayokunle Faji in view of the charges leveled against him and his co-defendants is having a field day and living like a Lord in Ikoyi Prisons.

Investigations by the online newspaper revealed that the said Donatus Achinulo who is currently standing trial and detained in Ikoyi Prisons was the one that installed the new CCTV electronics system in the prison thereby giving him and his boys access to monitor the entire prison security system.

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The report says Donatus also provided free Walkie-Talkies to Prison Warders, which he allegedly intercepts to monitor official communications within the prisons.

Moreso, investigations have shown that the installation of the CCTV was not a project of the Ikoyi Prisons Authority as there were neither tenders nor job quotations to support the installation.

The CCTV was installed 3 weeks ago by three young men brought in by Donatus Achinulo as the prison Authority doesn’t even know the name or antecedents of the company that handled the installation which is a major source of concern.

Neither does the Lagos State Command nor the Abuja headquarters of the Nigeria Prison Service aware that a suspect detained over fire arms deals who is a threat to national security installed Close Circuit TV in Ikoyi Prisons.

The office of the Attorney General, the NSA, and the Nigeria Customs that are prosecuting the case are also oblivious of what is on going, the report says.

According to the report, the TV for monitoring the CCTV footage is on Ogunsakin’s table while another one is in the Ikeja office of Donatus Achinulo.

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BigPen Online couldn’t independently verified the connection between Donatus and DSP Tolu Ogunsakin but report says it is has accorded a lot of privileges to Donatus Achinulo.

“He is allowed to make telephone calls at will which is a breach of the security system of the prison. DSP Ogunsakin has also been seen secretly taking Donatus Achinulo out of the prisons for undisclosed reasons”.

But when contacted by Igberetv, the Prisons PRO, Rotimi Oladokun, responded in a text message saying:

“Matters of security, security apparatus and equipment are provided by the Nigerian Prisons Service Headquarter Abuja, while the Lagos State Government through the Security Trust Fund provide /donate security equipment and intervention to all security agencies within the state of which the Nigerian Prisons is a vital stakeholder and a beneficiary of these interventions. It is total disinformation that a serving inmate donated any security equipment to any prison”, he said.

In a bid however, to cover up and forestall any further investigation by the DSS, NSA, the Nigeria Customs and the Prisons Headquarters in Abuja, giving the gravity of the allegations and the implications to the Ikoyi Prisons, IGBERE TV investigations reveal that the DCP and his cohorts are scouting for an NGO that would claim responsibility for the installation of the CCTV since Abuja did not approve such.

The report also says there exists CCTV originally installed by the Prisons Authority which has packed up because of the rot in the system.

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