A report reaching us has it that
the officers of the Nigeria Police on Thursday stormed the national office of
the Peace Corps of Nigeria located at Jabi, Abuja, to prevent the corps from
taking possession of the office.
The House of Representatives had
on Tuesday, ordered that the Police should unseal the office within 48 hours,
in compliance with the judgements of Justice Gabriel Kolawole and Justice John
Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Accompanied by the Coalition of
Civil Society Organizations and other youth bodies, the Peace Corps Officers
advanced to enter their office but were resisted by the police, which also
reinforced with Anti-Riot squad.
The Police arrived in five hilux
vans with Anti-Riot shields and other weapons.
But the Peace Corps said it came
in peace and bare hands.
National Commandant of the Corps,
Amb ( Dr. ) Dickson Akoh told journalists that the Corps was only obeying the
court orders and the directive of the House of Representatives.
“We have come in peace. We are
peace loving people. If the Police refuses to open the office, we shall go
back, we won’t be confrontational with them,”,Akoh said.
As at the time of filing this report,
the Police and the Corps have refused to leave the premises, while the
atmosphere is getting tensed.
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