The National Vice Chair-
man of the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU), South South Zone, Comrade  (Chief) Mike Oglafa, has assured that the National Headquarters of the union in Abuja would sanction those behind the recent vandalisation of the Rivers State secretariat of the union in Port Harcourt, describing the incident as a criminal act.
Oglafa, who gave the assurance during an unscheduled visit  recently, said the act was the handiwork of unscrupulous elements out to plunge the union into another crisis in the state.
“And then, with what I have seen, I know that it was a plot by unscrupulous elements who do not want NCSU to move forward.  Definitely, at the end of the day, we are going to bring them to book.  There are necessary sanctions that will take place because we have a Bible.  We will look into it”, he said, stressing that those who are found guilty, would go to the judiciary to clear themselves.
According to him, “if it is punishment, expulsion, suspension, or whatever, they will take it  because we don’t  condone evil acts”.
He further indicated that the perpetrators were persons who do not want good things and progress to come to the union but only wanted crisis.
The chairman of the union in the South-South zone further expressed shock over the development, going by recent efforts by the National Headquarters of the union to restore peace and normalcy to the union in the state, and regretted that those out to plunge the union into another crisis were merely peddling lies and rumours to justify their actions, as their petitions had not got to his office.
He said if he did not undertake the visit to see things for himself, he would not have understood the level of destruction they had inflicted on the union, stressing that elected officers of the union could only be removed from office through constitutional means and promised to convey all that he had seen to the National Headquarters for prompt actions.
Oglafa further threw his weight behind the steps so far taken by the leadership of the union in the state, assuring that members of the State Administrative Council (SAC) would serve their mandatory four years in office, as nobody would change that position through the backdoor.
He, however, urged the union members to shun rumours, close ranks and continue to support the present administration, saying, “in a house that has cracks, you don’t expect good things.”  The state Chairman of the union, Comrade O.T. Litly-West thanked the national officer of the union for the visit.

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