Red Zones
1 Aug
The Katsina Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), has declared 12 Custodial centres across the state ‘Red Zones’. ASC Najib Idris-Kunduru, the Public Relations Officer of the command disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Katsina. He said that the Comptroller of the NCoS in the state, Muhammad Abdulmumin has ordered the deployment…
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