Pandemonium
broke out in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital as some officials of the
Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps on Wednesday were said to have
invaded the office of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in
Lokoja which is in the same vicinity with their office.
Our correspondent gathered that the rampaging officials beat to a pulp, some JAMB officials including a married woman, Mr. Victoria Tasiu.
It was also learnt that some members of the Nigerian Union of Journalist Correspondents’ Chapel, Kogi State, who came to investigate the incidence were also harassed and assaulted by NSCDC officials.
Our correspondent learnt that the journalists fled for their lives when the civil defence officials threatened them with guns.
According to an eyewitness, trouble started when some JAMB officials politely requested the NSCDC officials to leave JAMB office gate to avoid scaring prospective JAMB candidates who had come to purchase JAMB forms.
He stated that the irate NSCDC officials who could not comprehend the reasons they should leave the JAMB office gate stormed the office and brandishing their weapons.
They were also reported to have broken down the JAMB gate and forceful entered the premises and beat up workers they came across.
The Coordinator, JAMB, Kogi State Office, Mr. Daniel Agbo, told journalists that the NSCDC had earlier approached his office and asked that the private security guards attached to the command’s office be sacked.
According to him, the NSCDC officials alleged that the use of the private security guards was illegal. He added that NSCDC officials asked that the private guards be replaced with their men.
Agbo said he told them that as a state coordinator, he had no power to change the private guards as most of such employment is usually done from JAMB Head Office.
He added that, notwithstanding his reply, he had forwarded their request to JAMB head office and was awaiting directives.
Agbo said, “To my surprise while I was discussing with one of the officials of NSCDC, more than 200 of their men invaded my office and started beating every member of staff including a married woman, Mr. Victoria Tasiu.
“I was even thrown on the floor by the men. My staff who sells the forms and the scratch cards was dragged from his office while the money and cards were missing in the process. They came to attack me and my staff as if they were fighting armed robbers.”
When journalists went to the NSCDC state headquarters to get the response of the NSCDC Commander, Kogi State Command, one of the civil defence officials shouted at the journalists that they could not see the commandant without appointment.
The NSCDC officials reportedly wielded their weapons making the journalists to run away from the office when they sensed that they were no longer safe.
Our correspondent gathered that the rampaging officials beat to a pulp, some JAMB officials including a married woman, Mr. Victoria Tasiu.
It was also learnt that some members of the Nigerian Union of Journalist Correspondents’ Chapel, Kogi State, who came to investigate the incidence were also harassed and assaulted by NSCDC officials.
Our correspondent learnt that the journalists fled for their lives when the civil defence officials threatened them with guns.
According to an eyewitness, trouble started when some JAMB officials politely requested the NSCDC officials to leave JAMB office gate to avoid scaring prospective JAMB candidates who had come to purchase JAMB forms.
He stated that the irate NSCDC officials who could not comprehend the reasons they should leave the JAMB office gate stormed the office and brandishing their weapons.
They were also reported to have broken down the JAMB gate and forceful entered the premises and beat up workers they came across.
The Coordinator, JAMB, Kogi State Office, Mr. Daniel Agbo, told journalists that the NSCDC had earlier approached his office and asked that the private security guards attached to the command’s office be sacked.
According to him, the NSCDC officials alleged that the use of the private security guards was illegal. He added that NSCDC officials asked that the private guards be replaced with their men.
Agbo said he told them that as a state coordinator, he had no power to change the private guards as most of such employment is usually done from JAMB Head Office.
He added that, notwithstanding his reply, he had forwarded their request to JAMB head office and was awaiting directives.
Agbo said, “To my surprise while I was discussing with one of the officials of NSCDC, more than 200 of their men invaded my office and started beating every member of staff including a married woman, Mr. Victoria Tasiu.
“I was even thrown on the floor by the men. My staff who sells the forms and the scratch cards was dragged from his office while the money and cards were missing in the process. They came to attack me and my staff as if they were fighting armed robbers.”
When journalists went to the NSCDC state headquarters to get the response of the NSCDC Commander, Kogi State Command, one of the civil defence officials shouted at the journalists that they could not see the commandant without appointment.
The NSCDC officials reportedly wielded their weapons making the journalists to run away from the office when they sensed that they were no longer safe.
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