The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has redeployed a
corps member, Mr Michael Uwakwe, serving in Zamfara to
Anambra, following his assault by a police officer.
Mrs Victoria Okakwu, the NYSC Director, Corps Welfare and
Inspectorate, made this known to newsmen in Abuja on
Wednesday.
Okakwu explained that the corps member was redeployed
to ensure his safety and security while carrying out his
national assignment.
The briefing was designed to keep the public abreast on the
outcome of investigations conducted by the scheme on the
slapping of a corps member serving in Zamfara as earlier
reported by some media.
The reports had alleged that Uwakwe was brutalised and
manhandled by the police for punishing a student who
happened to be a rich man’s ward by simply asking him to
go on his knees.
Okakwu said that after proper investigations and resolution
of the matter the scheme has also ordered the immediate
withdrawal of 11 other corps members who were serving
along with Uwakwe at Nasara Standard Academy, Gusau.
She said that the 11 corps members have been re-posted to
serve in other establishments in Gusau as a proactive
measure to ensure their safety and security.
“On Wednesday last week we got information from Zamfara
state that a corps member was beaten by the police,
arrested, detained and later released.
“When we got this information I had to speak to the state
coordinator to investigate the matter thoroughly. From our
investigations, the corps member had a problem in the
school he was posted to serve.
“He came into the class and said he was going to give the
students a test asking them to put their books away and get
ready but that this student was not just cooperative.
“In the process of doing the test she hissed and he asked
why she will hiss in the class because it was a rude
behaviour but she had nothing to say after a while she
hissed again and he went to her to ask why again.
“The next thing he saw written on her script was `Nonsense
Tes’. That got him infuriated and he asked the student if the
questions he set were out of what he had taught them.
“The girl will not answer so he instructed her to kneel down.
In the process he asked her to crawl with her knees and
after that he left; later he came to look for the girl and she
was no where to be found.
“The girl went home, spoke to her father and he went to the
police. The corps member was in the staff room when he
was called that he was needed in the principal’s office.
“When he got there he was asked to go with the police but
he declined stating that he was just doing his job but he
later agreed to go to the police station if the principal will
go with him.
“He went with the principal to the police station and in the
station he was slapped and detained for six hours,” Okakwu
said.
She said that the scheme made a formal report to the state
commissioner of police expressing dissatisfaction over the
way the police handled the matter as the police was meant
to maintain peace and not cause harm.
Okakwu explained that with efforts of the NYSC State
Coordinator, the local government and zonal inspector, the
state commissioner of police waded into the matter and it
was settled amicably among all parties.
According to her, the commissioner said this is not an issue
for the police but one that would have been settled in the
school.
The police commissioner apologised for the way his
personnel handled the matter, she said.
She said that Uwakwe was redeployed to Anambra state in
order to ensure his safety and protect him from any further
harm and any phobia which would prevent him from
carrying out his duties.
However, the director maintained that Uwakwe was not
brutalised as speculated but just slapped as he did not have
any bruises on his body.
Okakwu said the scheme was very concerned with the
security, safety and wellbeing of its corps members,
assuring that wherever corps members are serving in the
country the scheme will continue to ensure their welfare
and security.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/03/nysc-redeploys-corps-member-assaulted-police-zamfara/

Hmmm. The best thing is to allow corps members serve in there state of origin.

Just negodu! Ordinary kneel down, you assault him with police and you think its for the childs good? Sorry! are raising a rotten egg! No wonder our value system has into the bins.

May God dash some parents small sense abeg.

Nawa for naija
No wonder someone said it is a zoo