Officers of NSCDC
Worried
by the trending video on social media alleging the Corps personnel of
preventing a sitting judge in Kebbi State from entering the court
last week the Commandant General of the Corps, Abdullahi Gana
Muhammadu called for calm and sued for peace in the state.
He
said, the Corps as a law abiding agency of government charged with
the responsibility of protecting the populace and their property,
could not do such by infringing on the fundamental human right of the
judge rather its personnel were deployed to protect the area and to
maintain peace.
He
stressed, when his attention was drawn to the video on the social
media, he summoned the State Commandant to the Headquarters in Abuja
and also constituted a committee to look into the matter for
appropriate action.
However,
the report from the State said, the Court entrance was under lock and
key by the government and the personnel was assigned to protect the
environment from being vandalized as requested by the State Judicial
Council in a letter to the State Command.
The
report read further that, upon the arrival of
the Judge to the court premise, the personnel approached to inform
her that the entrance is under lock and key but
unfortunately he was not given a listening ear rather was
alleged of preventing the judge from entering.
Gana
reiterated that, the Corps under his watch will never take side
rather will deliver quality services to all and sundry irrespective
of class or creed. Therefore, the incident should not be
misunderstood or giving different interpretations.
He
said, the Corps does not have any ulterior motives towards anyone. He
called on the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary for peaceful
resolution as well as the Nigeria Bar Association and urged them to
be calm as the Corps respect the sanity of every office.
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