My Convoy Didn’t Attack Anyone – Prisons C-g Reacts To Lawmaker’s Claim

SAN FRANCISCO, April 23 (THEWILL) – The Comptroller-General, C-G, of the Nigeria Prisons Service, Peter Ezenwa Ekpendu has debunked claims by a member of the House of Representatives, Joan Marakpor that she was beaten up on Wednesday at the National Assembly premises by the security men attached to the Prison boss’ convoy.

Ekpendu, in a statement issued on Friday by the Prisons spokesman, Francis Enobore, admitted being at the National Assembly on the invitation of a Committee to attend to some official issues with some of his staff, but stressed that neither the pilot car in front of him nor his official car had any confrontation with anyone.

According to the statement, “He went there with 4 cars and not 20 as alleged.

“However, since it is alleged that the assault took place within the precinct of the National Assembly, precisely at the security post of the outer gate with hordes of security personnel from various agencies including that of the National Assembly on duty, it is advisable to establish what actually transpired from these security officers. The matter is currently being investigated by the Police.

“The Controller-General is a peace loving and law abiding citizen of Nigeria who has never been involved in any act of bravado, impunity or hooliganism and will never encourage any form of abuse on any Nigerian including the Honourable member of the National Assembly and will not tolerate any form of indiscipline on the part of his staff.”

It would be recalled that the Reps members had on Thursday summoned Ekpendu to appear before its Committees on Interior and Police Affairs over the purported assault on one of them.