The National Commandant of Peace Corps of Nigeria, PCN, Mr. Dickson Akoh and more than 40 members of the organization were on Tuesday night reportedly arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services.
The Public Relations Officer of Peace Corps, Milicent Umoru, told newsmen on Wednesday that the DSS operatives were accompanied by police and military personnel.
She disclosed that Mr Akoh is being detained by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command.
A member of the Peace Corps who pleaded anonymity said that a female officer who was assaulted during the operation was hospitalized after losing consciousness.
”We suddenly saw a detachment of armed security operatives asking everybody to lie face down. They asked the commandant to follow them, and he obeyed, but some of the officers said that they want to follow the commandant and the security operatives started beating up everybody, including state commandants.
“One of the assaulted officers was a female. She was repeatedly hit with a gun butt until she lost consciousness. She was later rushed to the National Hospital.”
The Nigerian Peace Corps which bill was passed in December last year by the Senate is being opposed by the police as a duplication of its duties.
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