Some female inmates of the Owerri Prisons have undergone pregnancy tests at the Federal Medical Centre in the state capital, to ascertain their status, following reports of alleged sex scandal that rocked the prison.
The affected female prison inmates, whose test results are still being awaited, were said to have been taken to the hospital on the directive of the Comptroller General of Prisons, Zakari Ibrahim.
LEADERSHIP gathered that 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.
It was also gathered that the pregnancy test became imperative after a particular inmate was allegedly discovered to be pregnant a few months after her conviction.
According to an inside source who pleaded anonymity, 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.
Meanwhile, all efforts to get officials of the Federal Medical Centre to confirm the development proved abortive before press time yesterday.
However, it was further gathered that the prison officials had in the past taken some female prison inmates to the centre to undergo pregnancy tests.
When contacted, the State Prison Controller, Mr. Isaiah Amaliri, neither confirmed nor denied the report
Culled From Leadership Newspapper
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