3 years after Police unseals Peace Corps office as IGP gives order
The Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN), Thursday formally took possession of its corporate Head Office in Abuja three years after Police siege.
The Corps led by its National Commandant, Ambassador Dickson Akoh, along with other officers and members took possession of the office around 8am after policemen laying siege on the premises were ordered out by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu.
Addressing journalists shortly after conducting its officers round the premises to assess the situation of their properties, Ambassador Akoh said that they bore no grudge or animosity against anybody or organisation over the three years they were prevented from accessing the office.
The National Commandant said that Peace Corps as a paramilitary body will partner with the Nigeria Police to tackle the high level of insecurity bedeviling the country.
In his words, “On Monday 3rd March, 2020, at about 17:00hrs, we received with great excitement, the news of the unsealing of our Headquarters by the Police. The action of the Police was predicated on the directive by the Hon. Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN that the Police obey the subsisting and valid judgment and orders of the Federal High Court and vacate this property and our offices nationwide.
“While we viewed this intervention by the Federal Ministry of Justice as a vindication on our part, and the recourse to the rule of law by the Federal Government, we wish to place it on record that our experiences since our ordeal started on the 28th February, 2017 when this edifice was commissioned, is highly traumatizing and indeed a tortuous journey to achieving social justice.
“However, I wish to state at this point that, this Organization 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 had to pay in the task of Nation Building”.
