The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has said its office in Area 7 at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, was on Wednesday invaded by Bola-Audu Innocent and some other people believed to be thugs.
In a press statement issued in Lagos, the ASCSN Secretary-General, Comrade Joshua Apcbo, stated that a detachment of police in Abuja was taking steps to clear the office of hoodlums.
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Bola-Audu has been in court with the current leadership of the Association, laying claims to the position of the president.
The statement recalled that on July 9, 2024, the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Abuja while delivering judgment in Suit No. NICN/ABJ/214/2022 held that Bola-Audu should complete his tenure by July 29, 2024, having been elected as the National President of the Union on July 29, 2020.
Following this development, the Union filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal, Abuja in Suit No. CA/ABJ/CV/780/2024.
“Now, instead of following due legal process and allow judgment to be delivered in the case at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, Bola-Audu has again elected to engage thugs to invade the Annex Offices of the Union in Abuja.
This is unacceptable because Nigeria is not a jungle but a society governed by law,” the Union emphasised.
The ASCSN accordingly urged the security agencies to rein in Bola-Audu and
his thugs and ensure that he desist forthwith from resorting to self-help and taking the Laws into his hands.
It will be recalled that on Monday, February 22, 2021, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) arrested and detained Bola- Audu Innocent for alleged case of human trafficking and exploitation of vulnerable persons.
The Union thereafter resolved that given the enormity of the case and to save the image of the Association and protect his job that Bola-Audu should step aside so that informal channels could be explored by the National Leadership of the association with the authorities to give him soft landing.
Instead of abiding by this wise counsel, Bola-Audu elected to recruit thugs and on 7h May, 2021 invaded the ASCSN Annex office in Abuja as well the headquarters of the Union on August 5, 2022 and again on August 22, 2022.
