NSCDC defends Minister whose shoe was cleaned by an officer, says it's a mark of respect

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps,
NSCDC, has released a statement defending the
minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau,
whose shoes was publicly cleaned by an SSS
official in public at the NSCDC Academy in Sauka
sometime in December 2015. Read story here.
According to the statement which was signed by
the spokesman of the NSCDC, Okeh Emmanuel,
the officer who cleaned the shoes did it out of
respect and was not in anyway compelled to do
so by the Minister.
As the Minister of Interior, Dambazzau oversees
the NSCDC, Police, Prison, and Immigration. The
statement in part reads
“However, the news being peddled by some
online media houses, alleging that the
Honourable Minister of Interior LT. General
Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd) converts SSS
officer to a “shoe shiner” is baseless,
fraudulent and malicious. It is a
diversionary tactics of the evil ones to cast
aspersion on the personality of the
minister. The honourable minister who was
on a visit to NSCDC facilities at Sauka
never beckoned on any of his aides to come
and clean his shoe as alleged. Rather, if
the “aide” carried out such a function, it
means it was done voluntarily without any
iota of compulsion. The demonstration by
the SSS personnel was a mark of respect
for his principal since he was not
compelled to do so. It should also be noted
that a man of the calibre of the minister,
who was one-time Chief of Army Staff is
entitled to aides that could help in ensuring
that he looks neat at all times,”.