Pic.18. Officers of Peace Corps of Nigeria Bayelsa State Command , during the inauguration of PCN Developmental Officers in Yenagoa Byelsesa State, on Friday . 04843/7/9/2018/Anthony Okpu/HB/NANOfficers of the Nigerian police have allegedly carted away at least 10 television sets from the unsealed headquarters of the Nigerian Peace Corps during their stay.
Taking journalists round the facility on Thursday morning, the commandant of the corps, Dickson Akoh, said many of their belongings were carted away. “This morning, I decided to be here to inspect and assess the extent of damages that have been done to this facility. For what you can also see with me, I can authoritatively say that we have lost over N120 million, being damage done to the physical infrastructure, furniture and state-of-the-art equipment installed here before the commissioning.”
“I wish to state at this point that, this organisation and its leadership bear no grudges or animosity against any agency or individual. Thus, our predicaments in the past three years are seen as an act of God and a sacrifice or a price that we have to pay in the task of nation-building.” Consequently, the court ordered the security agency to unseal the headquarters and went further to award damages to the tune of N11.5 million against the police.
Mr Malami, based on the development, advised IGP Idris via a letter in March 2018 to obey the subsisting court orders standing against the police, and unseal the PCN office, “in the absence of any pending appeal or stay of execution”. But the police remained adamant.