EVANS NOT STARRVING; WE'RE JUST TAKING PRECAUTION-PRISON BOSS
The Nigerian Prisons Service, yesterday, responded to the allegation by
kidnap suspect, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a. Evans, that he was not
being given enough food by prison officials The Comptroller General of
Prisons,, made it clear that the service had no interest in starving any
inmate, including Evans. 
Evans
Ahmed pointed out that there was no preferential treatment in the
distribution of food and services to inmates, adding that there was no
reason whatsoever to feed others and deny Evans his ration. The Prisons
boss said: “In prison, an inmate must eat the food provided, but when
they want self-feeding, they can have it, but there is a caveat— their
security will not be compromised. “In Evans’ case, we fear that his
security may be compromised. That is why we took necessary measures to
ensure that Evans is protected, secure and his access to anything must
not be compromised. “It is not a must for prison officers to allow
self-feeding. The officer in charge may allow self-feeding if he feels
that the security of inmate will not be compromised.” Complaints Recall
that Evans had, earlier in the week, complained to the Lagos State High
Court in Ikeja, that he was being starved by the prisons authorities. He
also complained about the quantity of food being given to him by the
authorities. Onwuamadike and the other five accused persons made the
complaint during the continuation of their trial before Justice Hakeem
Oshodi on Friday, November 17. The other defendants are Uche Amadi,
Ogechi Uchechukwu, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor
Chukwunonso Aduba. Immediately Evans was brought into the courtroom, he
and his accomplices began growling about their feeding condition in
prison custody. According to Evans, the prison authorities deprived him
of change of clothes, food and water. He had said: “This is unfair; I
have not been given food and change of clothes. I was not given the
opportunity to bathe since Wednesday. I am seriously hungry now. “They
locked us in one place without food and no water to bathe. The last time
we were fed was when a wife of one of us brought food.”
Evans
Ahmed pointed out that there was no preferential treatment in the
distribution of food and services to inmates, adding that there was no
reason whatsoever to feed others and deny Evans his ration. The Prisons
boss said: “In prison, an inmate must eat the food provided, but when
they want self-feeding, they can have it, but there is a caveat— their
security will not be compromised. “In Evans’ case, we fear that his
security may be compromised. That is why we took necessary measures to
ensure that Evans is protected, secure and his access to anything must
not be compromised. “It is not a must for prison officers to allow
self-feeding. The officer in charge may allow self-feeding if he feels
that the security of inmate will not be compromised.” Complaints Recall
that Evans had, earlier in the week, complained to the Lagos State High
Court in Ikeja, that he was being starved by the prisons authorities. He
also complained about the quantity of food being given to him by the
authorities. Onwuamadike and the other five accused persons made the
complaint during the continuation of their trial before Justice Hakeem
Oshodi on Friday, November 17. The other defendants are Uche Amadi,
Ogechi Uchechukwu, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor
Chukwunonso Aduba. Immediately Evans was brought into the courtroom, he
and his accomplices began growling about their feeding condition in
prison custody. According to Evans, the prison authorities deprived him
of change of clothes, food and water. He had said: “This is unfair; I
have not been given food and change of clothes. I was not given the
opportunity to bathe since Wednesday. I am seriously hungry now. “They
locked us in one place without food and no water to bathe. The last time
we were fed was when a wife of one of us brought food.”
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