Governor Okorocha has congratulated Deputy Comptroller and new Commandant of Nigeria Prisons Armed Squad School, Owerri, Imo State, Mr. Obiako Nicholas, on his new appointment.
Governor Okorocha made this remark through his Deputy Prince Eze Madumere when the new Commandant paid a courtesy visit to the office of the Deputy Governor earlier today.
Prince Madumere commended Mr. Obiako for his perseverance, professionalism and knack for excellence, which has led him to his present status as the Deputy Comptroller General of Nigeria prisons and the Commandant of the Armed Squad School, the post he is the first indigene of the State if not the entire South East to hold.
He used the opportunity to commend them for their effort in ensuring that the men and women who went through their tutelage are nationally and globally respected for their professional sense of duty and strategy. He attributed the presence of the school in Owerri as one of the strategic reasons Owerri Prisons has remained one of the calm prison facility that has not had any sad experience of jail break, which he said could be unimaginably unpalatable given its location at the hearts of the capital territory.
The number two citizen of the State while narrating his ordeal during his incarceration on trumped up charges on the eve of 2011 elections decried the discomforting condition of the prison facility due to its lack of capacity to cater for over two inmates while it was originally designed to cater for about only five hundred and fifty inmates.
He assured the Commandant and his team of Government’s continual cordial relationship and support to the School and Nigeria Prisons in general. He promised to inform the Governor about their visit while disclosing that Imo people in their tradition will celebrate the new Commandant.
Speaking earlier on the purpose of his visit, DCP, Obiako said he had come to formally present himself as the New Commandant of the school and to urge the Owelle Rochas Okorocha led Administration to accord him the same support it has always accorded the Nigeria Prisons in Imo State.
He assured the Deputy Governor of the school’s readiness to give the government whatever strategic support it requires from it that is within its area of operation. He further remarked that he is not new in Owerri but has been promoted to his present status and therefore will work as an experienced Commandant who knows his environment.
