Jonathan Summons Police/Civil Defence Over Attack

Authorities of the Nigeria Police Force and that of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were Thursday summoned by President Goodluck Jonathan to explain the clash between policemen and officials of the NSCDC, which reportedly left two officials of the latter organisation dead in Lagos.

Led by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Department 'A' (Finance and Administration),  Suleiman Fakai, the police delegation comprised of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko; Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Anti-Vandalism, Friday Ibadin; and the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba.
Prior to yesterday’s meeting, the president had met separately with the leadership of the NSCDC on Wednesday evening.

At the meeting, which lasted less than an hour, the president stressed the need for synergy between sister security agencies.
However, Mba later told State House correspondents that the clash formed part of the issues discussed at the meeting with the president, emphasising that "the police perspective of the report" was presented at the meeting.

"The meeting is just one of those routine visits where the police leadership come around to brief the president on cooperational related issues. Basically that is why we are here this morning.

"Of course, that (the clash between policemen and officials of the NSCDC) is one of those issues we discussed and we also have to come in here to give the president a police perspective on that report and that is exactly what the leadership of the police has done. Giving the president a comprehensive report of what actually transpired, from police perspective and actually presenting the facts as they were," Mba said.

On whether the policemen killed officials of the NSCDC  as claimed during the clash, Mbah said: "For now, we have briefed the president and I think it will suffice for me to stop. The president has been properly briefed on this matter and I think with time you will get to see, and you will get to hear the exact fact of the case."