The Ogun State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service has arrested a woman for allegedly attempting to smuggle suspected illicit drugs into the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ibara, Abeokuta, for her son, who is on death row at the facility.
The woman, identified as Iyabo Sowunmi, was arrested at about 1:33 p.m. on Friday, August 28, during routine screening at the prison’s main entrance, according to the Nigerian Correctional Service, Ogun State Command.
The command’s spokesperson, Olayinka Odukoya, said officers detected a substance suspected to be “Colos”, a psychoactive synthetic drug, concealed inside a sachet of a popular beverage powder.
The substance was allegedly intended for her son Dare Sowunmi, an inmate at the facility who is currently on death row.
“Routine screening procedures at the facility’s main entry point led to the detection of suspicious substances, believed to be the psychoactive synthetic drug commonly known as ‘Colos,’ concealed within a sachet of a popular beverage powder,” Mr Odukoya said.
