Borstal Training Institute Gwako Gwagwalada Abuja

19/08/2026

URGENT PUBLIC NOTICE ! URGENT PUBLIC NOTICE !!
*NIGERIAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICE*
*BORNO STATE COMMAND*

The Nigerian Correctional Service, Borno State Command, hereby informs the general public of the escape of an inmate from the Maximum Security Custodial Centre, Maiduguri, Borno State.

*NAME OF ESCAPEE*: *JOHN ISRAEL*

_Note: The name appears as "JOHN ISEARL" on the inmate uniform in the attached photograph._
Aged 22 years
Height 1.69
Dark in complexion
Moderate body stature
Complete dentition
Hails from Ado in Karu LGA, Nasarawa state

Members of the public are urged to remain vigilant and to provide any useful information regarding the whereabouts of the fugitive, or any person reasonably suspected to be him.

All credible information should be reported immediately to the nearest Police Station, Nigerian Correctional Service facility, or any other relevant security agency.

*For urgent information, please contact:*
- *0806 044 8362*
- *0806 211 0090*
- *0806 277 6875*

The public is strongly advised *not to attempt to arrest or apprehend* the individual. All reports should be channeled through the appropriate security authorities.

Your cooperation is crucial to ensuring public safety.

*SIGNED:*
SC AB Thliza
Public Relations Officer
Nigerian Correctional Service
Borno State Command

31/07/2026

05/05/2026

10/01/2026

PRESS RELEASE
9 January, 2026

BTI ABUJA HOLDS SECOND DECORATION CEREMONY

The Borstal Training Institute (BTI), Gwako, Gwagwalada, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has successfully conducted its second decoration ceremony for Staff serving at the institution.

The Borstal Training Institute is a specialised correctional facility dedicated to the rehabilitation and reformation of young offenders who are provided with structured correctional care that combines formal education, vocational training, and character development aimed at successful reintegration into society.

At the ceremony, a total of thirty-one (31) officers were formally decorated following their promotion to various ranks, ranging from Chief Superintendent of Corrections to Corrections Assistant.

Speaking at the event, the Principal of the Institute, Assistant Controller of Corrections Cyprain Nwakeze, congratulated the promoted officers and charged them to live up to the responsibilities of their new ranks. He urged them to uphold professionalism, discipline, and integrity in the discharge of their duties, while serving as worthy ambassadors of the Nigerian Correctional Service.

The decoration ceremony underscored the Service’s commitment to staff welfare, career progression, and the strengthening of institutional capacity in line with its mandate of safe custody, rehabilitation, and correctional reform.

E-Signed:

DSC Usman Sani
Public Relations Officer
Borstal Training Institute, Abuja
0812 222 7468
[email protected]

01/12/2025

NIGERIAN CORRECTIONAL SERVICE APPOINTS JANE OSUJI AS SPOKESPERSON.

The Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Sylvester Nwakuche, MFR, mni has appointed Chief Superintendent of Corrections JN Osuji as the new Service Public Relations Officer with immediate effect.

This appointment follows the retirement of the immediate past Public Relations Officer, Deputy Controller of Corrections, Umar Abubakar, FCAI, ANIPR on 19th November, 2025.

CSC Jane Osuji hails from Owerri – North Local Government Area of Imo State. She holds a BSc in Public Relations and Advertising from Lagos State University and Masters in Public Administration (MPA), from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso.

The new Spokesperson who makes history as the first female Service Public Relations Officer of the NCoS was enlisted into the Nigerian Prisons Service on 2009 as an Assistant Superintendent of Prisons 11 (as it was then called) and has attended all the requisite courses required for her rank.

She also attended numerous specialized courses including the Internal Security/Low Intensity Conflict Operations Course, Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji.

CSC Osuji has had a remarkable tour of duty having served in the following capacities; Assistant Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command and FCT Command Public Relations Officer before her posting to the National Headquarters as the Assistant National Public Relations Officer at the time, and served under four Controllers General.

The Spokesperson also worked extensively as Press Secretary to three Honourable Ministers of Interior from 2015 to 2023. Until her appointment as the Service Public Relations Officer, CSC Jane Osuji was a Staff of the Public Relations Unit at the Service Headquarters Abuja. She is happily married with Children.

Ado Sale, PhD, mni
Deputy Controller-General of Corrections (HR)

For: Controller-General of Corrections.