/ 18 January 2001

COMMISSION ORDERS ARREST OF PRISON BOSS

NIGERIAS human rights commission has ordered the arrest of the head of the country’s prison service and three police officers. Commission Chairman Justice Chukwudifu Oputa ordered the four men to be arrested for failing to answer a summons to appear. Those summonsed are Comptroller-General of Prisons Mohammed Jarmah, Assistant Commissioner of Police Kehinde Oyenuga and two low-ranking officers. – AFP