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  • One killed as unknown gunmen attack Kwara community

    One killed as unknown gunmen attack Kwara community

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has reported that some unidentified gunmen attacked a farm settlement at Ahun village, Oro-Ago, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara, killing a teenager.

    This was contained in a press release signed by the command’s spokesman, Mr Babawale Afolabi, and made available to newsmen in Ilorin, on Sunday.

    Afolabi said that the incident happened at night, on Sept. 25, during which two other persons sustained bullet wounds.

    “On Sept. 26, some community leaders from Ahun farm settlement in Oro-Ago, reported at our Divisional office in the area, about an attack on their community by unknown gunmen.

    “The gunmen were in their large numbers and they started shooting sporadically when they entered the community, which resulted in the killing of one Rukayat, a teenager, by a stray bullet,” he said.

    The spokesman said that the motive behind the attack had not been established, adding; “we have commenced further investigations.”

    He said that the command was working with the community’s leaders, in order to get to the roots of the matter, adding that additional security officers had been deployed around the community, to forestall another attack.

  • (UPDATED) Insecurity: Emir of Kazaure donates 5 motorcycles, 25 torchlights to NSCDC

    (UPDATED) Insecurity: Emir of Kazaure donates 5 motorcycles, 25 torchlights to NSCDC

    The Emir of Kazaure in Jigawa, Alhaji Najib Hussaini-Adamu, has donated five motorcycles and 25 torchlights to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence (NCSDC), Area C, Kazaure Command.

    CSC Adamu Shehu, the Spokesman of the Corps, stated this in a statement sent to newsmen in Dutse on Wednesday.

    Shehu said the items were presented to the Corps Area Commander in charge of the Area C Command, Mr Bishir Magaji, on Tuesday in Kazaure.

    He said the motorcycles and rechargeable torchlight were donated to the Area Command and four divisional offices of the Corps in the area.

    “In an effort to support the NSCDC Command towards ensuring effective security, the Emir of Kazaure, Alhaji Najib Hussaini-Adamu, has denoted five new motorcycles and 25 rechargeable torchlights to the Kazaure Area Command and four Divisional Offices of the Corps in the emirate.

    “The items were received by the Area Commander in charge of Area C, Mr Bishir Magaji, on behalf of the State Commandant, Mustapha Talba on Tuesday,” Shehu said.

    The statement quoted Talba as commending the gesture, saying that it would enhance the capacity of the personnel and boost their morale towards effective service delivery.

    While calling on wealthy individuals to emulate the gesture, Talba promised to ensure effective utilization of the items to combat crimes, protect lives and property in the state.

  • NSCDC deploys 1,750 personnel for Eid-el-Kabir in Kano

    NSCDC deploys 1,750 personnel for Eid-el-Kabir in Kano

    The Kano State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, has deployed 1,750 personnel to provide security cover at various Eid grounds, palaces, monuments and recreational centres across the state during Sallah festivities.

    This was contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, Ibrahim Abdullahi, and made available to newsmen in Kano on Sunday.

    The statement explained that the Commandant of the NSCDC, Abu Tambuwal, who approved the deployment, assured that the command had expanded its intelligence network with a view to nip in the bud any security threat in the state during the festive period.

     

    He said the Corps is on alert and poised to deal decisively with miscreants who might wish to cause trouble and disrupt public peace in whatever guise before, during and after Sallah.

    “The general public are to be calm as all efforts are being made by the Corps and indeed all other security agencies for a hitch free Eid-el Kabir celebrations in Kano,” the statement added.

  • NSCDC apprehends 2 suspects for allegedly diverting 33,000 litres of petrol

    NSCDC apprehends 2 suspects for allegedly diverting 33,000 litres of petrol

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command, has arrested two suspects for alleged diversion of 33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol.

    The Public Relations Officer, ofthe command, Oluwole Olusegun, made this known in a statement on Friday in Ibadan.

    According to him, the suspects were arrested at about 3:00p.m. on Wednesday on Iseyin/Saki road with a blue Leyland DAF truck with registration number EKY 189 XV.

    Olusegun further said that the suspects were arrested by the Anti-Vandal unit of the command.

    He quoted the state NSCDC Commandant, Michael Adaralewa, as saying that the command had re-strategised by improving on intense patrol of crime-prone areas in the state to combat acts of criminality.

    Adaralewa said that the suspects confessed to the crime, adding that they would be charged to court after completion of thorough investigation.

    The commandant warned those indulging in petroleum diversion and other illegal dealings in the state to desist from them as the command would not relent in dealing with the perpetrators.

    “The command has zero-tolerance for criminalities hence all perpetrators are to either relocate out of Oyo State or face the wrath of the law ”, he said.

  • NSCDC captures four suspects, impounds truck loaded with ‘adulterated’ petrol

    NSCDC captures four suspects, impounds truck loaded with ‘adulterated’ petrol

    The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Bayelsa State Command, says its operatives have detained four suspects and impounded a truck laden with suspected adulterated petroleum products.

    Bayelsa Commandant of the NSCDC, Mrs Christiana Abiakam-Omanu, who made this known in a statement on Tuesday, attributed the feat to the reinforcement of the command’s intelligence unit.

    She said that preliminary investigations revealed that the operators of the petrol laden truck had neither licence nor documents from any authorised petroleum products depot.

    The commandant said the suspects would be prosecuted as soon as investigations were concluded.

    Abiaka-Omanu said: “The four suspects were arrested on May 9, 2021, at about 1700 hours, based on a tip-off that a 45,000-litre capacity oil tanker with registration number AHD671XR, was about to discharge the product in a filling station along Ammasoma road in Yenagoa Local Government Area.

    “At the point of arrest and during the interim investigation, no waybill, licence or other authority papers were presented to show for the genuineness of the product as well as authority to deal in petroleum product.”

    She restated the resolve of the command’s determination to ensure that anyone involved in the act of operating illegal refineries, dealing in petroleum products without due licence, vandalism, oil theft and other related offences, was made to face the music.

    She appealed to the members of the general public to continue to volunteer useful information to help the command in nipping crimes in the bud.

     

  • NSCDC official killed in crossfire with suspected kidnappers in Edo

    NSCDC official killed in crossfire with suspected kidnappers in Edo

    The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Edo, on Thursday, announced that one of its personnel was killed during a crossfire with suspected kidnappers in Benin.

    Mr Richard Ogbebor, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) said this in a statement in Benin.

    According to Ogbebor, the officer was killed during a crossfire when some hoodlums suspected to be kidnappers gained access into the residence of the Bursar of the University of Benin.

    “An officer of the NSCDC has been killed in a crossfire with hoodlums who stormed the residence of Dr Victor Imagbe, the Bursar of the University of Benin.

    “At about 03:45 hours Thursday morning, the hoodlums gained access into the bursar’s compound at Ogheghe community, near Benin.

    “On siting the personnel of the NSCDC they opened fire, during the cross fire, our personnel, Mr Alex Osawa was gunned down.

    “However, one of the fleeing hoodlums sustained bullet wound during the cross fire.

    “More officers from the NSCDC and police operatives were re-mobilised to the scene, while the corpse of the officer has been evacuated to the morgue for autopsy.

    “Manhunt for the fleeing hoodlums has been initiated with a view to arresting them,” Ogbebor said.

  • NSCDC foils attempted jailbreak at Correctional facility in Ubiaja, Edo State

    NSCDC foils attempted jailbreak at Correctional facility in Ubiaja, Edo State

    The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Edo Command, says it foiled a jailbreak attempt by inmates at the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) facility, Ubiaja, Esan South East Local Government Area.

    Mr Richard Ogbebor, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command in a statement in Benin disclosed that the attempted jailbreak occurred from 15:00 hours to 17:00 hours on Wednesday.

    Ogbebor explained that the corps had received a distress call on the attempted jailbreak and subsequently mobilised its personnel led by Mr Samuel Ogbeide, an Assistant Superintendent of Corps 1, to the facility.

    He said that on getting to the facility, it was discovered that the inmates had broken out from their cells and were already engaging the correctional officers in fight.

    He disclosed that in a bid to bring the development under control some of the officers sustained different degrees of injury.

    He further said that, however, with assistance from the personnel from the Nigerian Army, 4th Brigade, and the Edo Command, Nigerian Police Force, the inmates were eventually overpowered and taken back to their cells.

    He added that security had been fully beefed up at the correctional facility by all security agencies.

  • NSCDC arrests 50 arms-bearing herdsmen

    NSCDC arrests 50 arms-bearing herdsmen

    Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), have arrested 50 arms-bearing herdsmen.

     

    “We arrested 50 illegally armed herdsmen and realised that some of them are into cattle rustling and kidnapping,’’

    Commandant-General of the NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Audi, said on Wednesday in Abuja He made the declaration while presenting licenses to private guard operators.

    “The armed herdsmen were arrested in Ekiti, Borno and Cross River states and in some other parts of the country,’’ he said.

    Audi added that the arrest of the illegally-armed herdsmen shortly after his assumption of office was an indication of his determination to reposition the corps for optimal delivery on its core mandate.

    “It is part of our mandate to settle disputes between herdsmen and farmers and to also give some security protection to our agro-allied investments,’’ he said.

    Audi stressed the need for synergy between security agencies, noting that the nation’s security challenges could only be addressed substantially through intelligence sharing.

    He charged the private guard operators to ensure valuable contributions to on-going efforts at checking rising insecurity. Lamenting the security challenges, which, he said were asymmetric in nature, he assured that all would be well once relevant stakeholders adopted unity of purpose as their main objective.

     

    “The nation is bedevilled with a very serious insecurity crisis, and that is the asymmetric warfare. “If you want to deal decisively with this, you must synergise with all stakeholders in terms of credible intelligence,’’ he stressed.

    He read the Riot Act to the private guard operators and warned that their licences would be withdrawn if they engaged in unethical practice. Some of the unethical practices, he said, were the adoption of ranks or other accoutrements used by the military or other regular security agencies. Audi enjoined the operators to prioritise the welfare of their guards for optimal results.

     

     

     

  • NSCDC gets new commandant; Immigration, NCS to follow suit

    NSCDC gets new commandant; Immigration, NCS to follow suit

    Highest offices in some of Nigeria’s top paramilitary agencies on Monday witnessed major changes following tenure expiration of their helmsmen
    In the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Hilary Kelechi Madu, a Deputy Commandant General has been appointed Acting Commandant General of the corps.

    Madu took over from the former CG, Abdullahi Gana, whose extended tenure of six months expired today January 18.

    TheNewsGuru.com gathered that the changes came as a result of President Muhammadu Buhari’s warning to Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola not to grant any additional tenure extension to heads of the paramilitary agencies.

    Controller-General, Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Jaafaru Ahmed, and Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede have also reportedly concluded plans to resign and hand over their positions to their next in command.

    Recall that the federal government through Aregbesola had elongated their terms by six months

  • Bandits kill livestock guard, shoot NSCDC officer in Benue

    Bandits kill livestock guard, shoot NSCDC officer in Benue

    The Benue Government said bandits attacked and killed a Livestock Guard and shot an official of the Agro Rangers, a unit in the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Makurdi, the state capital.
    The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, retired Col. Paul Hemba, told newsmen on Saturday in Makurdi that the attack took place at Mbalagh Council ward, behind NASME Barracks on Friday evening.
    Hemba said that the bandits attacked and killed a livestock guard member and shot an official of the Agro Rangers when they were returning from patrol in Mbalagh Council ward of Makurdi local government area.
    He disclosed that the team were on motorcycles when they were ambushed adding that the Agro Rangers official was responding to treatment.
    The security adviser further said that the state was over time witnessing the hit and run attack from the bandits.
    He disclosed that most of their recent attacks were “targeted at Livestock Guards probably to intimidate them from doing their work” but said such would not deter them.
    Hemba said that due to lack of security personnel to cover the entire state at all times, the bandits were taking advantage of it to attack vulnerable places.