TO IKOYI PRISON OFFICIALS..IT'S A BIG THANK YOU (CKN'S EXPERIENCE AT IKOYI PRISON)

I have deliberately kept this for the last because i didn't even know how to start it.When i walked into Ikoyi Prisons on the 3rd of September 2015.I was full of anxiety.I was shedding tears.I didn't know what lied ahead of me because of the stories i have heard about Nigerian Prisons.My fears reached a feverish height.In my entire life,i have not walked into a police station talkless of walking into a Prison..Will i come out alive ?.Several thoughts went through my mind ,but after over two weeks at Ikoyi Prisons,i now have a change of heart about prisons.Without doubt,one of the best time of my life was my stay at Ikoyi Prisons.Right from when i stepped into Ikoyi Prisons all the staffs of the Prison treated me like a VIP..I was assigned to the BEST CELL they could afford.The Controller of Prisons ,Ikoyi DCP Ezugwu personally saw to my comfort..All his staff treated me with so much respect (a honour,i couldnt even found among some of my colleagues).My profession came so handy.The words went round that a JOURNALIST was among them,the inmates flooded around me daily to narrate their experiences.I became a part of them..They were my new brothers and friends.Anytime i walked around,they hailed me JOURNALIST,JOURNALIST,JOURNALIST.I moved from a Villain to a hero among them.


I left Ikoyi Prisons with so much pains in my heart,knowing that I have made new friends among even the condemned.Some of them not due to any fault of theirs..Some cannot even afford their bails condition.Some are innocent of their crime..Some have lost hope..Some have come to hate the society they were born into.Some have repented of their crimes..Some have even vowed to take their pound of flesh while some are looking forward to being given a second chance in life..It is a mixed grill.But i thank God for the new experience.It will remain with me till the rest of my life..Your true friends are those who stand by you through thick and thin and in terms of crisis..You won't know your true friends until you find yourself in a position where you cannot do anything about your fate.Where your fate hangs in the hands of another human being like you.In all these I still thank God.

AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO IKOYI PRISONS OFFICIALS AND THE PR DEPT OF THE NIGERIAN PRISONS IN ABUJA FOR TAKING ABSOLUTE CARE OF ME.I ALSO WISH TO THANK ALL THE WARDERS AND EVEN PRISONS OFFICIALS WHO ARE MY FRIENDS ON FACEBOOK THAT I NEVER KNEW ABOUT UNTIL NOW,THEY ROSE UP TO THE OCCASSION AND MADE SURE THAT I HAD THE BEST OF COMFORT EVEN UNDER CONFINEMENT.GOD BLESS YOU ALL..IKENGA CKN