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  • NSCDC arrests man who raped own daughter for three years

    The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a man, identified as Adebisi Akinola, who has allegedly been raping his daughter for the past three years.

    The state Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr. Pedro Awili, on Tuesday in Akure, said the suspect had been abusing his daughter sexually since 2015 when the victim was 15 years old.

    The commandant said when the daughter could no longer bear the incestuous relationship, she ran to the NSCDC for help.

    He said, “The daughter told us about the ugly incident and her statement helped us to nab the suspect, her father.

    “Akinola also confessed to the crime; he said he has been having sex with his daughter for three years.”

    The NSCDC boss said the suspect would be charged to court as soon as the corps completed the investigation into the matter.

    He also warned parents, especially fathers, to desist from such act which he described as barbaric.

    The victim said she had earlier reported the matter to her paternal aunt, adding that the issue was not adequately addressed.

    The suspect, however, blamed devil for the act.

  • Edo NSCDC destroys 16 illegal refineries

    The Anti-Vandal Unit of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Edo has destroyed 16 illegal refineries in the last six months.

    The State Commandant of the Corps, Makinde Ayinla, disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin.

    Ayinla said that the illegal refineries destroyed included eight in Edo South Senatorial district, six in Edo North and two in Edo Central.

    He also said that about 350,000 litres of illegally refined and adulterated petroleum product was seized and destroyed by the unit within the period.

    The Counter Terrorist Unit of the command, he added, arrested 14 suspects for various offences ranging from phone snatching to armed robbery.

    He further said that the Legal Unit secured five convictions, while 23 cases were still pending in various courts within the period under review.

    The Commandant told NAN that the Peace and Conflict Resolution Unit between January and June handled 10 cases, with seven concluded and three still ongoing.

    He also disclosed that the Private Guard Companies (PGCs) Department during the period sealed three PGCs for illegal operations while it registered and licensed 61.

    He also said that the department provided training and retraining for 18 private guard supervisors.

    Ayinla further said the Solid Minerals Unit of the command within the same period arrested nine illegal miners for operating various pits and quarry sites within the state.

    “Our Agro-Allied Unit within the period arrested nine suspected herdsmen with various locally made arms in various parts of the state.

    ” Also our Anti Human Trafficking and Illegal Migration Unit arrested two persons for alleged sexual assault and abuse of minors,’’ he also said.

    The Anti Fraud Unit of the command, he said, handled 25 cases of fraud which led to the cash recovery of N2. 27 million.

    He further said that the Operations Department within the period covered various operations, just as the Critical National Asset and Infrastructure Department deployed its personnel for the protection and preservation of government assets within the state.

     

  • JUST IN: Dambazau directs IGP, NSCDC boss to relocate to North East

    The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris; and the Commandant-General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abdullahi Muhammadu, to relocate to the North East.

    The Presidency disclosed this on Wednesday in a series of messages posted on its Twitter handle, @NGRPresident.

    According to the message, the two security chiefs were asked to liaise with the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole as well as governors of the affected states to ensure deployment of personnel to all schools in liberated areas in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa States.

    “The Min of Interior has directed the IG of Police and the Commandant General of NSCDC to relocate to the northeast and liaise with the theatre commander of #OpLafiyaDole and Govs of Yobe, Borno & Adamawa to ensure deployment of personnel to all schools in liberated areas in the states,” one of the messages read.

    “The minister said that the directive has become necessary to forestall a re-occurrence of the attack on innocent school children,” another message read.

  • Senatorial rerun: NSCDC deploys 1, 000 personnel to Anambra

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ) has deployed 1,000 security personnel for the conduct of Jan.13 re-run election in Anambra Central Senatorial District.

    The State Commandant, Mr John Ahwen, who disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Awka, said the number would support over 4, 000 personnel deployed by the Nigeria Police Force.

    Ahwen explained that 500 out of the figure would be deployed to the polling units, while others would assist in the patrol of the areas where the election will take place.

    The NSCDC official said the personnel with other security agencies have concluded arrangements on the re-run election, with expected high success level as was achieved during the Nov.18 governorship election in the state in 2017.

    He assured that security would be adequate in all the areas and called on the electorate to observe security measures during the in the exercise.

    Ahwen, who used the medium to review the operations of his command in 2017, said that officers and men of NSCDC were fully prepared for the exercise.

    “During the Christmas and New Year festivities, we made sure that all the flash points were manned and no single case of security challenge was recorded.

    “We thank Gov. Willie Obiano for donating power-bikes, five vehicles, and other encouragements to our command,’’ he said.

    Ahwen advised personnel under the command to be active in the discharge of their duties in 2018, as earlier directed by the Commandant- General.

    Meanwhile, the Anambra State Government has announced partial restriction on movement in some parts of the state ahead of Saturday’s January 13 re-run election holding in Anambra Central Senatorial Election.

    According to the statement signed by Mr Tony Nnachetta, the State Commissioner for Information and Communication Strategy, movement of individuals and vehicles would be restricted from 6.a.m till 4p.m in the seven local government areas.

    The local government areas are: Idemili North & Idemili South, Njikoka, Dunukofia, Anaocha, Awka North and Awka South.

    He also said that all markets in the affected local governments would be closed between 6 a.m and 4 p.m.

    The commissioner also said that there would be no restrictions of movement along Enugu/Onitsha Expressway for interstate commuters.

    “These partial restrictions are to encourage registered voters in the affected local government areas to go out to exercise their civic responsibilities,’’ he added.

     

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  • NSCDC seizes 1000 litres of petrol from Boko Haram suppliers

    The Borno Command, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), says it has seized about 1, 000 litres of petrol from suspected ‘Boko Haram’ fuel suppliers in the state.

    The Commandant of the corps, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, made the disclosure in Maiduguri on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

    Abdullahi said that the products were recovered by the Anti-Vandalisation Unit of the command during routine patrol at Ngom village in Mafa Local Government Area of the state.

    He said that the products were packed into 49 jerry cans and abandoned by suspected insurgents’ fuel suppliers on Mafa-Dikwa Highway.

    Abdullahi said that the suspects abandoned the products and took to their heels on sighting the NSCDC’s patrol team.

    “The products were filled into jerry cans and concealed in sacks.

    ‘‘Our men also recovered food items and other commodities such as soap, pomade, sugar, gari, cigarettes and seasoning.

    “The products were concealed in sacks to avoid trapping,” he said.

    The commandant disclosed that the command had also arrested two persons with 30 jerry cans of petrol and seized another six jerry cans of the products from profiteers in Maiduguri.

  • Security: NSCDC establishes forensic unit to tackle pipeline vandalism

    Security: NSCDC establishes forensic unit to tackle pipeline vandalism

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has established a modern forensic unit to boost its performance in the protection of critical infrastructure and national asset across the country.

    The NSCDC Spokesperson, Emmanuel Okeh disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja.

    He said that the‎ Commandant-General of the Corps, Mr Abdullahi Muhammadu said this at the basic Training Programme for Forensic Desk Officers entitled “Fundamentals of Forensics in Evidence Collection, Analysis and Litigation support” held at the Corps Academy in Sauka, Abuja.

    “The establishment of the forensic unit is one of our responses to the challenges we sometimes face within the Criminal Justice System.

    “This facility will continue to provide litigation support for the Corps and the Country at large.” Muhammadu said.‎

    Represented by the Acting Deputy Commandant-General in charge of Operations, Hillary Made, he stressed that the training was crucial, especially in the area of analysing evidence for prosecution of those working against the progress and development of the country.

    Muhammadu said that‎ the Corps needed good record keeping and critical analysis for further investigation and prosecution.

    The NSCDC boss also thanked the Nigerian Military for training some of its personnel in different areas and sought for further cooperation in other areas of need.‎

    Earlier, the Guest Speaker, the Army Provost Marshal, Brig.- Gen. Ayuba Hamman commended the NSCDC for floating the forensic facility.

    He said that all law enforcement agencies require training in forensics as a pre-requisite for the proper discharge of their responsibilities.‎

    He noted that in recent times, crime had assumed a very complex and sophisticated dimension requiring the use of sophisticated gadgets and aids to investigate, detect and prevent crime.

     

  • Attacks: NSCDC deploys 50 armed personnel to UNIMAID

    The Borno Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) has deployed 50 armed personnel to check incessant attacks at the University of Maiduguri.

    Its Commandant, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, told newsmen on Monday in Maiduguri that the measure was necessitated by the rising cases of suicide bombing and other attacks at the institution.

    He said that the personnel had been deployed to strategic locations like the business centres, motor parks, worship and social centres, among other areas.

    The official urged the students and members of the university community to be calm and report any suspicious movement around the vicinity to security agents.

    TheNewsGuru reports that the institution has recorded four incidents of attacks in the last few weeks.

  • Gunmen murder senior NSCDC official in Ekiti

    Gunmen murder senior NSCDC official in Ekiti

    The Ekiti State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the killing of Mr Sunday Afolabi, an Assistant Superintendent with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ekiti State.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Afolabi was allegedly killed by yet-to-be-identified assailants along Afao Road in the evening of Wednesday.

    The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the state police command, Mr Alberto Adeyemi (SP), told newsmen in Ado-Ekiti that preliminary investigations had revealed that Afolabi was killed by suspected cultists.

    He said that his body had been deposited at the morgue of the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital in Ado-Ekiti.

    The NSCDC spokesman, Mr Tolu Afolabi, who also confirmed the killing to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, on Thursday, said that further investigations into the incident had commenced.

    He said that no stone would be left unturned to unmask the killers of the officer.

    NAN quoted the spokesman as saying that the late Afolabi, who served in the Intelligence and Investigation Unit of the NSCDC, was reportedly shot in the heart.

    He said, “Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have killed one of our officers, Sunday Afolabi, an Assistant Superintendent Corps 1 (ASC1).

    “He was killed along Afao Road, Ado Ekiti at about 1530 hours on Wednesday, 19th April, 2017.

    “The officer was shot in the heart and his corpse has been deposited at the mortuary, while investigation continues.”

    NAN reports that the late Afolabi hailed from Ayegbaju-Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti and married with children.

     

     

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  • NSCDC to recruit 3,500 personnel in 2017- CG

    NSCDC to recruit 3,500 personnel in 2017- CG

    The Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Abdullahi Gana, says the agency plans to recruit an additional 3,500 personnel in 2017.

    Gana, who made this known on Wednesday while presenting NSCDC’s 2017 budget of N61.4 billion before the House of Representatives Committee on Interior in Abuja, said this is to enable the corps meet the demands from some MDA’s.

    The MDA’s included the Ministries of Solid Minerals, Agriculture and Rural Development, Water Resources, Nigeria Railways Corporation and the protection of lives and property in the Northeast region.

    Gana said the recruitment would cost N2 billion and urged the committee to appropriate more fund to the organisation.

    He said the corps was facing operational as well as accommodation challenges which requires urgent attention.

    “We have debts of only fuelling of operational vehicles of over N150 million; I have accumulated rents of over N400 million. I do not know where to get money to pay.

    “You can see some state Governors harassing our officers, I do not want to mention the states here, to the extent that they gave our staff one week to vacate.

    “I have such cases in more than 25 states where we are living in rented apartments; our state commandants are living in rented apartments.’’

    The commander general, however, commended some states government that have been very supportive of the agency’s effort of securing lives and property across the country.

     

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  • NSCDC denies rift with Peace Corps

    NSCDC denies rift with Peace Corps

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has denied any rift with the Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN).

    The Defence Corps pledged to work with any government agency to improve the security situation in the country.

    The NSCDC Spokesperson, Mr Emmanuel Okeh said this in an interview with our correspondent on Wednesday in Abuja.

    Okeh was reacting to reports of friction and alleged fracas between both organisations in Osun in January.

    The Senate had in Dec. 2016, passed the Nigerian Peace Corps Bill to empower the youth and operate as a security outfit under the Ministry of Interior.

    Though, the bill is still awaiting the president’s assent.

    Okeh, however, said that he was not aware of any fracas between NSCDC officials and the PCN in any part of the country.

    “I am not aware of any problem between NSCDC officials and the Peace Corp. The NSCDC is always ready to collaborate with any government agency and NGO to ensure peace and stability in the country,’’ he said.

    According to him, though the PCN is not yet a recognised government agency, the NSCDC will be ready to collaborate with it when it comes on stream like it’s been doing with other security agencies.

    The NSCDC spokesperson dismissed insinuations that the PCN was just a reduplication of the activities of the Corps, insisting that the role of each organisation would be clearly spelt out by the law.

    On any existing relationship between both organisations, he said that the Civil defense corps was not involved in any training of PCN officials or joint operation for now.

    He stressed that with the security situation in the country, no security agency could deal with the myriad of security threats confronting the country alone.

    Okeh called on Nigerians to continue to support the corps and other security agencies in their bid to ensure a peaceful and prosperous nation.