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  • Have faith in security agencies, NSCDC boss urges Nigerians

    Have faith in security agencies, NSCDC boss urges Nigerians

    Ahmed Audi, Commandant General (CG) Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has encouraged Nigerians to believe in security agencies capacity to provide adequate security across the country.

    A statement by the Corps spokesperson, CSC Afolabi Babawale stated that Audi said this while wishing Muslim faithfuls happy Eid- el+Maulud on Wednesday in Abuja.

    The NSCDC boss urged Nigerians to have faith in security agencies saddled with the responsibility of ensuring law and order in the country.

    He expressed displeasure over the spate of insecurity bedeviling the country, adding that incidences of banditry, kidnapping, abduction and other criminal acts has become more worrisome despite security actions.

    He further urged citizens to continue to support the government’s peace efforts by collaborating with appropriate authorities in tackling the menace of insecurity.

    Audi said that it was important for credible information to be provided to security agencies to foster proactive measures that would help curb insecurity.

    He reiterated the corps’ commitment to tirelessly work with sister agencies to ensure insecurity gets nipped in the bud.

    He also said the corps was determined to ensure adequate protection of lives and property, including carrying out its mandate of securing critical national assets and infrastructure.

    As Muslims celebrate, the corps helmsman appealed to members of the public to embrace and practice peace as exemplified by the life of Prophet Mohammed.

     

  • Slain Officers: NSCDC gives families automatic employment, cheques

    Slain Officers: NSCDC gives families automatic employment, cheques

    Ahmed Audi, the Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, has commiserated with the families of seven personnel who were ambushed by bandits in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State recently.

    Addressing bereaved families at the NSCDC Kaduna Command Headquarters, on Thursday, during a condolence visit, the CG stated that the corps had in the past lost officers in the line of duty, but not as many as in the Birnin-Gwari tragic incident.

    He later presented cheques for undisclosed amounts of money to the next-of-kin of the seven fallen heroes as a token of support pending the payment of their accrued benefits.

    Each of the seven families were given a slot each at NSCDC as a replacement for the slain officers.

    This information was made known via a statement signed by the Corps spokesperson, Olusola Odumosu, on Thursday.

    Recall that seven NSCDC officials were killed in an attack at a Kuriga mining site in Kaduna state on January 9, 2023.

    Five other security operatives attached to a sister agency were said to have been killed in the same incident.

    Audi, who described the killing as colossal, however, charged other personnel not to be deterred by the ugly incident.

    The CG said, “Death is inevitable; it is heartbreaking to lose personnel.

    “Although this is not the first time we are losing personnel, it’s so painful that we’ve lost seven personnel at a time.

    “It is a great loss, and that is why I am here personally, to encourage all of you to continue to do your best and not give up.”

    The Corps helmsman hinted that he had initiated the process of payment of death benefits and other entitlements to the affected officers through the office of the Minister of Interior to ameliorate the pains of those they left behind.

    He explained that the Corps had been paying burial benefits, entitlements, accident benefits, and group life insurance policies to personnel as and when due.

    He said that upon his assumption of duty as CG about two years ago, the backlog of salaries and arrears had been cleared, with a few pending, which would soon be settled.

  • Yuletide: NSCDC tightens security in worship centres, others

    Yuletide: NSCDC tightens security in worship centres, others

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has massively deployed personnel to public places including worship centres to ensure adequate security ahead of the Christmas and New Year celebrations.

    This is according to a statement by NSCDC Director Public Realations, Mr Olusola Odumosu on Friday in Abuja.

    He said that the NSCDC Commandant General, Dr Ahmed Audi, ordered commanders at state and national levels to deploy additional plain clothe and uniformed officers to the field, including public places, for effective patrols to address criminality.

    “About 85 per cent of our entire workforce shall be deployed to public places, worship centres and other areas of congregation such as amusement parks, gardens, shopping malls, markets, motor parks, train stations including airports and seaports,” he said.

    Audi urged the personnel to ensure the safety of lives and protection of public assets and infrastructures in their respective domain.

    He further ordered them to conduct constant patrol of every nook, crannies, black spots and flashpoints during this critical period of celebration when crime is most prevalent.

    He also charged them to develop and deploy a very strong and purposeful intelligence network around essential and critical national assets and infrastructure, to eliminate significant vulnerabilities during the yuletide.

    The CG tasked officers and men to remain committed to enforcing law by arresting anyone who posed  threat to national security.