WorldStage Newsonline– Peace Corps of Nigeria has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the Inspector General of Police to order his men to vacate the headquarters of organisation in the interest of equity, fairness and justice.
National Commandant, of the Peace Corps, Dickson Akoh said at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday that the Attorney General of the federation, the National Human Rights Commission, Civil Society Organisations, Human Rights Activists should intervene on its behalf for the Nigeria Police to respect the rule of law being a frontline law enforcement agency.
He mentioned the court victory restraining the police from harassing him until previous judgements were obeyed, saying, “The ruling of the federal high court yesterday has thus further exposed the deliberate and calculated plot by the police to flagrantly disobey court orders and undermining the rule of the law, which is the bedrock of every genuine democracy.
“Recall that in the last ten years, this organisation has won over fifteen judgements in the court of the land. Despite these landmark judgements, the clamp down on this organisation by our antagonists, chiefly the police remains unabated.”
He further said that with the continuous disregard of court order by the police to vacate the headquarters of the NPC, its members were becoming restive and agitating to take over the headquarters premises in line with the court orders.
According to him, “I have pacified our members long enough from taking laws into their hands, if nothing is done to urgently address the issue, I can no longer guarantee the continuous peaceful conduct of these members in attempt to take possession of our headquarters.
“In the event that this happens and the police attack our members, then the general public and international community should hold the police liable.”
He noted that the police and its allies had achieved their overall intent, to stop the Peace Corps Establishment Bill from seeing the light of the day, “their clamp down and the purported charges against me and indeed this organisation were essentially to stop Mr. President from assenting to the NPC Bill and stopping the Legislative Arm of Government from doing the needful.”
He however, noted that despite the actions of the police to truncate the NPC, that the organisation will not lose hope that one day it will achieve its aim.
“Let me reinstate that the legal victories in favour of this organisation in the court of law so far is not for me or peace corps alone; it is victory for Nigerian Youths, victory for Democracy and above all, victory for avowed proponents of the Rule of Law in Nigeria,” he said.
