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       Corper Beaten And Slapped By Policeman In Zamfara: NYSC Reacts
   DIR By: Paul
       Date: March 7, 2017, 11:37 am
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       The attention of the NYSC Management has been drawn to stories
       making the rounds about the beating of a Corps member, Esi
       Uwakwe, serving in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, by the police
       purportedly at the instance of an influential indigene of the
       area.
       Management wishes to inform the public that findings of
       investigation launched by the Scheme show that the facts of the
       case were grossly exaggerated, especially in the social media.
       Our findings showed that the Corps member, who is serving in a
       school, went beyond his responsibility of teaching and adoption
       of acceptable approaches to discipline by causing knee injuries
       to one of his students whom he instructed to crawl on his knees.
       The angered father of the student took the matter to the police
       and in the course of handling the case, an overzealous officer
       slapped the Corps member.
       Our position on the matter is that both the Corps member and the
       policeman were wrong in their approaches.
       However, we are pleased to note the step taken by the Zamfara
       State Commissioner of Police, who invited all parties to his
       office for amicable resolution of the case.
       The overzealous policeman has since apologized for slapping the
       Corps member and the matter has been put to rest.
       Management wishes to stress that the picture of a man with cuts
       on his back, which is being circulated online, is not that of
       Corps member Uwakwe, but merely posted with intent to cause
       mischief and further mislead the public.
       While we sympathize with both the injured student and the Corps
       member, whose inexperience might have resulted in his excesses
       in his approach to discipline, we wish to restate that the
       publicity the case generated would have been normal if not for
       the exaggeration.
       Management remains committed to safety and dignity of Corps
       members, but wishes to advise those on teaching assignment to
       always exercise caution in handling disciplinary cases and to,
       especially, refer serious cases to their school supervisors to
       be on the safe side.
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