Embattled Police Officer, Abba Kyari has been denied any form of special treatment in Kuje prisons.
This was made known by the Public Relations Officer of the Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Mr Humphrey.
He revealed that Kyari and other facing trial for drug trafficking have been admitted into the Kuje correctional facility.
Humphrey said the authorities do not treat anyone specially adding that Kyari and his accomplices were kept with awaiting trial inmates.
POLITICS NIGERIA reported earlier that Kyari and 4 other members of his IRT squad were arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA for drug trafficking.
They were previously in the custody of the anti-drug agency before being moved to prison.
Last Monday, Justice Emeka Nwike of the Federal High Court, Abuja, ordered that Kyari and his accomplices be taken to Kuje Correctional Centre shortly after denying them bail.
Speaking on the development, Humphrey confirmed that Kyari and his men are in the facility.
“He is being kept where awaiting trials persons are and his co- Defendants as well. We are surprised that someone said he is not safe. How can someone said the facility is not safe…is it in his house that the inmates would be safe?”
“The facility is a safe facility, we have all the security apparatus here, the army is there, the police, the DSS and our men.”
However, it was gathered that Kyari rejected food offered him by prison officials. He instead opted for the food prepared by his wife or other family members.
“We suspected that he may not eat the food being served here. So, we were not surprised when he opted for the food prepared by his wife or family members.”, a prison official revealed.