Sowore does not possess NYSC certificate, he remains wanted over alleged plan to cause “unrest” – Lagos CP
Olohundare Jimoh, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, has claimed that the former presidential candidate and the Human Rights activist Omoyele Sowore, allegedly evaded the mandatory national service and does not possess a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate.
Jimoh disclosed on Wednesday, while appearing on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, in response to Sowore’s criticism of his competence and the police declaration of him as wanted.
He said, “During his interview, he said the commissioner of police is not competent. I’m very competent, I’ve been here for more than nine months…I want to make it abundantly clear that Sowore doesn’t have NYSC certificate because of punitive reason.”
The police chief alleged that Sowore was assigned to Adamawa State for his NYSC refused to participate, adding that the activist was unqualified to criticise law enforcement or mobilise public protest.
He furthered, “He was posted to Adamawa and he was evasive, he never did the service.”
“Such kind of person that’s not even qualified to bear the NYSC certificate of our great country Nigeria will now be calling out miscreants to come and disturb the peace of Lagos, we will not allow it. So, my pronouncement that he’s declared wanted still stands.”
The police had earlier declared Sowore wanted over allegations that he was planning to instigate public disorder in Lagos.
Sowore, however, dismissed the accusations, stating that the police chief had refused to take his calls despite several attempts to reach him, describing the declaration as an attempt to silence him and divert attention from the controversy surrounding the demolition of properties in the Oworonshoki area of Lagos, where police had dispersed a planned community gathering.
Source: Vanguard newspaper
