The official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) who led assault against the Oyo State Correspondent for Leadership Newspapers may be dismissed, just as the Nigeria Union of Journalists on Monday threatened court action.

It was learnt on Monday in Ibadan that  the leadership of the state command of NSCDC had issued him a query. The officer, the source was asked to explain the rationale behind his action last Friday during the installation of Bishop Gabriel Abgunrin.

If found culpable, the source said the official would be dismissed. In a separate press release by the (NUJ) Zone - B and the Gbenga Opadotun-led Oyo

State council of the union, the leaders said they would do all within their powers to seek redress over inhuman treatment meted out to their member by overzealous NSCDC official which sad event occurred during the ordination of a Catholic Archbishop in Ibadan.

Waheed Adebayo was on Friday beating to pulp with his clothes turn to shreds and personal belongings lost when he was manhandled by men of the NSCDC while covering an assignment where he was properly accredited to cover as a journalist.

The Vice-President of B-Zone and Chairman, Oyo NUJ; Comrades Dele Atunbi and 'Gbenga Opadotun respectively, condemned in strong terms the ugly development, describing the assault on the said journalist as criminal, brutish and appalling.

The union avers that the action of the NSCDC officers wss an infringement on the fundamental rights of Waheed Adebayo whose right to human dignity has been violated with impunity.

"The NUJ takes judicial notice of this barbaric action which is least expected from a paramilitary organisation like NSCDC that should be civil in its actions and vows to seek redress in the temple of justice. It directs all journalists in Oyo State to severe every relationship with the officers and men of the command since a supposed civil organisation has turned brutish.

"The union demands a public apology from the NSCDC as well as bringing to book, the perpetrators of the despicable act. "The union reiterate its avowed commitment to the continued protection of the rights of all its members. "We equally demand the identification of the men who committed the act and their reprimand as well," the union said.