Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has urged Nigerians to assist security agencies to combat kidnapping and criminal activities by giving relevant information on them.
NSCDC assured the public informants that any information given to them would be treated as classified and make sure that the their identities remains undisclosed.
Speaking with The Nation, NSCDC Lagos Commandant Tajudeen Balogun said the peoples’ supports would go a long way to rid the society of criminal elements.
“When information is made available to security officials, it would help reduce and possibly stop incidences such as kidnapping,” he said.
According to him, intelligent gathering of information is the heart beat and starting point for all security operatives.
He said security is now everybody’s business, noting that “we all must work seriously on confidentiality, integrity, credibility and do our best to support the Federal and Lagos State governments in the area of security.”
He said it is now a thing of the past to be afraid of providing information on insecurity alert, noting that the public can feel free to share any information available and their security will be guaranteed.
“The public has a role to play in fighting crime and criminality by providing the security agencies with useful information. The public needs to write authentically and officially complain and we will act on it; we will gather our facts together, investigate and make sure that justice is done. We will get the legal department to do what is appropriate and correct what is wrong,” he said.
He noted that insecurity is a big challenge globally, adding that all security operatives are working as a team to combat crime.
He affirmed that NSCDC is putting all effort in place to provide security anywhere there is insecurity.
He said NSCDC is working with other security agencies to free a Lagos monarch, Oniba of Iba Land, Oba Yushau Oseni, from abductors.
The Commandant however noted that NSCDC is not depending on the general public alone.
“We go for special intelligent training that would enable us notice what a normal individual would not be cautious of, and we are able to see and act on them. But, additional information from the masses will help us to do our job better, because we cannot be everywhere at the same time,” he said.