HEKAN Church Accuses FRSC of Unlawful Arrest, libelling of Their Sunday School Teachers as Child Trafficers …..Demands Public Apology
By Alex Uangbaoje, kaduna
The United Church of Christ in Nigeria (HEKAN), has accused Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kaduna state command of arresting two of their Sunday School teachers and libelling them as child traffickers.
HEKAN, in a statement on Thursday, condemned in strong term the arrest of the two teachers and 40 of its Sunday school pupils who were arrested by personnel of the FRSC while on their way to attend the annual HEKAN National Sunday School Camp at the church Headquarters in Kaduna.
The
42 persons according to HEKAN were arrested along Ali AKilu road in Kaduna at about 4; 30pm
Wednesday evening and were also been maltreated by the FRSC personnel’s, as against the lies and misleading information giving by FRSC that they were arrested along Kaduna-Zaria road.
The statement signed by the Vice President of the church Reverend Emmanuel
Nama said the children left their homes with the consent of their parents and
their resident pastors to attend the annual HEKAN Natioanl Sunday school camp.
The
FRSC had earlier hold a press briefing and snap shots of the children stating
that the children were taken for trafficking before handing them over to the
Kaduna state Police command without confirming from the church authority despite
all explanation by their teachers on their movement.
Reverend
Nama also added that the children are presently at the Headquarters of the United
Church of Christ in Nigeria HEKAN Katsina road for the Annual Sunday school
camp.
The
church Authority is calling on the authorities concern to investigate the
matter and seek for Public Apology from the FRSC Kaduna state command.
The church
is calling on the general public to disregard the news giving by the FRSC
Kaduna command which says it arrested a vehicle for overloading along Kaduna-Zaria road,
which was later discovered to be occupied by suspected child traffickers with
44 minors, describing
it as false and baseless, adding that they are genuine members of the United church
of Christ in Nigeria HEKAN DCC Gubuchi in Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna state.
