Police arrest National Commandant, Peace Corps of Nigeria, 49 members

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Police arrest National Commandant, Peace Corps of Nigeria, 49 members

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Senate passed the bill seeking to legalise the corps and awaiting the assent by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Nigeria Police Force said on Wednesday that it arrested the National Commandant, Mr Dickson Akor and 46 members of the Peace Corps of Nigeria in Abuja on Feb. 28.

Force spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood said that the corps, under the leadership of Akor, was registered as a non-governmental organisation but was operating with disregard to the country’s law and extorting money from unsuspecting youths.

In reaction to his arrest, Mr Akor said that the that the corps’ activities were aimed at changing the character of the Nigerian youths and how to be responsible citizens.

On the issue of payment of the N40, 000 by applicants, he said that the money was meant for the purchase of uniforms and their feeding adding that the corps was a voluntary organisation. He also said that the corps’ uniform was approved by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). Adding that the corps has received international recognition by the UN for the development of the youths who had been unemployed.



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