ASCSN closes Lagos office to forestall hoodlums attack

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) yesterday shut down its Lagos Secretariat to forestall break down of law and order by hoodlums who besieged the office earlier in the day.

In a statement signed by the Secretary-General of the ASCSN, Alade Bashir Lawal, the hoodlums were led by the expelled members of the union who had besieged the National Secretariat In Lagos.
The Secretary General however said that the secretariat was temporarily closed down based on the instruction from Lagos State Command.

The statement read, “Following attempt to forcefully invade the National Secretariat of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria in Lagos today by expelled members of the Union including the former President, Bola-Audu Innocent, the Lagos State Police Command advised that the Secretariat should close for business today so as to avoid a breakdown of law and order. “Innocent Bola-Audu was accompanied in the invasion of the ASCSN National Secretariat by some retired staff as well as suspected hoodlums including marabouts who openly displayed their charms.
“We wish to request our teeming members throughout the country to remain calm as the situation is under control.”