The National Spokesperson of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS), Francis Enobore, on Thursday confirmed the news of Chidinma Ojukwu, the main suspect in the murder of SuperTV CEO Micheal Ataga, being crowned Miss Cell 2022, explaining the reason behind the beauty pageant at Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison in Lagos.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Enobore stated that to ensure that inmates are in a high spirit, the correctional centres engage them in exciting competitions likes pageantry, cooking contests, among others.
“There are a number of programs that we introduced to get the inmates happy and put them in a good frame of mind,” Enobore told Daily Trust. “First we ensure that while they are there, they are open to correction, second, we ensure that they are there in good spirit in order to help them kill boredom. There are so many things we do.
“In line with this, the officer in charge of the Kirikiri correctional facility organised some competitions among the inmates like cooking, tailoring, make-up, among others.
“These are things that will make them happy because our primary responsibility is to keep them safe and sound. That was what happened and she emerged the best in the competition. It is part of what we do. In fact, the person in charge of the Kirikiri female prison has been doing marvellously well.”
TRUELY CORRECTIONAL.
Hopefully, the program lives up to its billing and enhance cum achieve the objective of reformation.