Nigerian-born US Prison Guard Nabbed for Attempting to Smuggle Drugs into Correctional Facility

A Nigerian correctional officer based in the United States, Michael Oluwapelumi Ademoye, once celebrated for his dedication to duty, has been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs into a prison facility in Texas.

The Peoples Gazette gathered that the 28-year-old, who is employed with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), was recently arrested by the office of the inspector general after he entered the department’s Wynne Unit with more than four grammes of paper laced with synthetic cannabinoids, commonly known as K2.