Female inmates of the Owerri Prisons in Nigeria are been
checked for pregnancy at the Federal Medical Centre in the capital city of Imo
State, to ascertain their status, following reports of alleged sex scandal that
rocked the prison.
The pregnancy tests became imperative after a particular
inmate was allegedly discovered to be pregnant a few months after her
conviction. According to an undisclosed source, the parents of the particular
inmate who came to visit their convicted daughter were shocked to see her in
advanced stage of pregnancy.
“When the girl was brought to the prison, no one noticed that
she was pregnant until few months later when her parents came to visit her.They
were shocked to find that she was pregnant. I think that is why the management
is conducting the pregnancy test,” the source said.
All affected female prison inmates have been taken to the
hospital on the directive of the Comptroller General of Prisons, Zakari
Ibrahim.
According to the investigation by LEADERSHIP, the
Comptroller General sent a delegation to the Owerri prison shortly after reports
of the alleged sexual relationship between some unnamed prison officials and
the inmates were made public.
Mr. Isaiah Amaliri, the State Prison Controller, did not
give any precise comments on this story.
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