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An inmate of Enugu Maximum Security prison, Chukwununso Nomeh, has emerged the overall best Post-graduate student of the National Open University of Nigeria ( NOUN ) prisons special study centres nationwide.
The spokesperson of the Nigeria Prison Service in Enugu State, Mr Chukwuemeka Monday made the disclosure in a statement issued in Enugu on Friday.
Nomeh, a convicted inmate, who was sentenced in 2010 gained admission to study Masters in Business Administration (MBA).
He graduated with a cumulative grade point of 3.80.
The Desk Officer of Enugu study centre, CSP Kelvin Iloafonsi said two other inmates also graduated from the NOUN post graduate school.
Iloafonsi said that one of the inmates had since been released.
The spokesperson recalled that one of the ex-convict of the same centre, Theophilus Adeniyi, emerged the overall best graduating student in 2014 while in incarceration.
Monday said that he was currently pursuing his PhD in one of the universities in Nigeria.
The Controller of prison in the state, Ndubuisi Ogbodo, encouraged more inmates to enroll into NOUN and embrace the transformation mantra of the Controller General of Prison, Ja’afaru Ahmed which focused on training and retraining of both staff and inmates.
The CP also called on the public to accept ex-convicts as reformed and responsible member of the society.
He said that their continuous rejection would only lead them back to crime. – NAN.
