A lawyer undergoing the one-year
National Youth Service Corps scheme in Calabar, Godbless Nnaji, has
allegedly stabbed his boss, Donald Archibong, for refusing to sign his
monthly clearance form.
Nnaji had reportedly tried to persuade
his boss in his private chambers in the Calabar-South axis of the Cross
River State capital to sign his letter, but resorted to violence after
his persuasion failed.
Archibong alleged that Nnaji broke the
centre table in his office and used one of the pieces of glass to stab
him on his right arm.
A doctor’s report issued by the Police
Hospital in Calabar, dated March 9, 2016 indicated that the cut on his
right forearm was as a result of a physical assault.
Southern City News learnt on Tuesday
that a petition dated March 9, 2016, had already been written to the
Director-General of NYSC through the state coordinator calling for
necessary actions against Nnaji.
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BROKEN CENTER TABLE |
Narrating his ordeal, Archibong said he
absorbed Nnaji to work in his chambers in December 2015 and within the
short period observed that the young barrister, who was called to the
Nigerian Bar in 2015, had poor attitude towards work.
He narrates, “I decided to write to the Cross River State NYSC secretariat via their zonal coordinator seeking for his recall.
“I decided to give a week of grace
whether there would be show of repentance and when none was forthcoming,
I sent out the letter on March 9.
“An hour later, Barrister Nnaji barged
into my office, demanding for his clearance for the month of March. I
informed him that that would be quite impossible as I would not want to
contradict myself, having asked for his recall on one hand.
“He demanded that I withdraw the recall
letter I sent to NYSC. At that point I asked him to leave my office.
This infuriated him and he started using uncouth and extremely abusive
words on my person.
“He became extremely violent,
threatening my life, saying ‘you cannot destroy my future; I will kill
you before you destroy my future’.”
Apart from stabbing him in the process,
Archibong alleged that Nnaji took N68, 000 in an envelope in his office
that was meant for an arrangement for his late mother’s burial and a GSM
phone, which he later dropped.
When contacted, an official in the
office of the Head of Rewards and Discipline, NYSC Secretariat, Calabar,
who preferred anonymity, confirmed that the unit was in receipt of the
petition written by Archibong and was currently investigating the
matter.
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