The power tussle
between the the Nigeria Police Force and the newly inaugurated Peace
Corps has taken a new dimension following the raiding and arresting of
the national commandant of the corps, Ambassador Dickson Akoh.
Akoh
was reportedly arrested close to midnight on Tuesday, February 28 after
the police raided the national headquarters of the corps in Abuja.
The corps, a youth-based
organisation, came into force after it was given a nod by the National
Assembly through a bill that was passed, but the police had allegedly
kicked against the granting it a go-ahead to operate.
Daily
Post reports that a training facility belonging to the Peace Corps in
Kwara and Abuja had earlier been raided and shut by the police.
Earlier on Tuesday when the corps
was being formally inaugurated in the presence of the minister of
Sports and Youths Development, members of the National Assembly,
traditional rulers, religious bodies and youth organisations, the police
joined other security agencies to provide a peaceful atmosphere for the
success of the event.
Hours later, the raid was reportedly carried out.
“We don’t know where they have
taken him to”, the report quoted a source within the corps as saying
adding that Akoh was taken to the FCT command of the Nigeria Police.
The
reason for his arrest has not been given. The police is also yet to
issue an official position concerning the incident at the time of this
report.
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