Reported
Reported Payment of Fines and Compensation for 43 Jos Prison Inmates
- Event date
- Category
- Justice & community
- Location
- Jos, Plateau State
- Period
- Before executive public office
A January 2018 ViewPoint Nigeria report states that Kefas Ropshik paid the fines and compensation of 43 Jos Prison inmates, enabling their release.
Details
A contemporary report by ViewPoint Nigeria, dated 22 January 2018, states that Kefas Ropshik, then Chairman and CEO of Kefiano Global Concept, paid the fines and compensation of 43 inmates of Jos Prison who had been unable to pay them, and that the inmates regained their freedom that day.
The same report states that the fines totalled about ₦1 million.
The report quotes the Comptroller of Jos Prison, through the prison’s welfare officer, and a member of the Plateau State House of Assembly thanking him. This entry rests on that single report and has not been independently corroborated.
Evidence
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Claim KF-CLM-0012
A January 2018 ViewPoint Nigeria report said Kefas Ropshik paid fines and compensation that enabled 43 inmates at Jos Prison to regain their freedom.
- Evidence status
- Reported
Supporting sources
Claim KF-CLM-0013
The same report said the fines paid for the 43 inmates totalled about ₦1 million.
- Evidence status
- Reported
Supporting sources