CSOs Dare IG, Unseal Peace Corps Hqts to Enforce Court Judgment
Following the refusal of the Inspector
General of Police (IG) Ibrahim Idris to unseal the headquarters of Peace
Corps as directed by Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High
Court, Abuja, the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Justice
and Equity Thursday forced open the headquarters of the corps.
The headquarters of the corps had been illegally sealed off by the IG since February 28, 2017.
However, delivering judgment in Suit No:
FHC/ABJ/CS/176/2017 on November 9, 2017, Justice Kolawole had ruled
that the headquarters be unsealed forthwith and also awarded a sum of
N12.5 million for general damages in favour of the applicant and against
IG Idris.
The coordinator of the group, Mr. Edward
Omaga, said: “The judgment did not give Idris any seven days whatsoever
within which to unseal the office. We are aggrieved that the judgment
was served by the bailiffs of court on the Nigeria Police Force since
November 10, 2017 and again served on all parties by the Chambers of
Kanu Agabi and Co, SAN on November 13, 2017 for compliance, only for
the CP Legal, Force Headquarters named Mr. David Igbodo to come up with a
lame excuse the NPF cannot unseal the office now because their teams of
lawyers are still studying the judgment.
“This again is highly contradictory, since the same police claimed they never sealed the Peace Corps headquarters.”
Omaga stressed that it was obvious the
IG and his allies are either confused about the interpretation of the
plain wordings of the judgment or the IG lacks respect for the judiciary
and the rule of law.
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