UK to pay for new £700,000 prison wing in Nigeria

Government pledges funding to enable transfer of prisoners from British jails

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The UK is to pay for a new wing in one of Nigeria’s largest prisons in a bid to expedite the transfer of Nigerian prisoners from Britain.

The 112-bed wing at Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison, in Lagos, will cost just under £700,000 and will be compliant with UN standards, according to a statement submitted to Parliament by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson yesterday.

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