Azubuike Azikiwe
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the appointment of a new Comptroller-general of Prisons.
The new appointee is Dr Peter Ezenwa Ekpendu from Imo.
Ekpendu studied at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where he obtained his BSc (Hons) in 1981, MEd in 1984 and PhD in 1988, and he also attended the Prestigious National Institute for Policy and Strategy Studies(NIPSS) Kuru Jos in 2007.
Before his present appointment as the Comptroller-general, he held various positions in the prisons.
He was Deputy Commandant Prisons Training, College, Lagos-1991-1994; Officer-in-Charge of Umuahia-1995-1996; Officer in charge of Owerri Prisons-1997-1998 and Deputy Controller of Prisons Training, Prisons Headquarters 1999.
He was also Comptroller of Prisons Pension, Prisons Headquarters- 2000; Controller of Prisons of Enugu State 2001-2003, Imo State 2003-2005 and Delta State 2006.
He was promoted Assistant Comptroller-general of Prisons (Operations) 2008 and was deployed as Zonal Coordinator Zone D, Minna- 2009-2010 and he became Deputy Comptroller-general (ITP) in 2011.
Ekpendu has been Deputy Comptroller-general (Administration) since 2012.
