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The Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has advised the Federal Government to merge the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) with the police for effectiveness.

Egbetokun said this at the National Dialogue on State Policing, organised by the House of Representatives on Monday in Abuja with the theme “Pathways to Peace: Reimagining Policing in Nigeria”.

The I-G, represented by the Assistant Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Mr Ben Okoro, said that the NSCDC and the FRSC were a duplication of the police.

Egbetokun also said that Nigeria was not ripe enough for state police urging those calling for state police to work toward merging the NCDSC and the FRSC with the police for effectiveness.

He said the police were battling with inadequate training as well as lack of adequate manpower.

He said that most police barracks had dilapidated due to lack of maintenance and renovation.

“This has have a negative impact on the performance of the policemen,” he said.
Egbetokun also faulted calls for state police saying that Nigeria was not matured enough for state police.

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He added that state police would create avenues for state governor to use it to suppress the opposition in their states.

He said creating state police would also lead to the problem of jurisdiction, which would bring about conflicts of interest.

He added that the state police would not be able to combat terrorism, kidnapping, and banditry, because they required enormous resources to combat.

He also said that there was a need to improve the training of personnel to enable modern policing, adding that funding was necessary to also help maintain internal security.

The Chief of Defense Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, said that there was need for comprehensive and effective security framework to tackle rising security challenge in the country.

Musa, represented by Maj. Gen. Kunle Ariyibi, said that the security and safety of the country was paramount.

“I is imperative that we come together to find sustainable solutions.

”It is through collaboration and a shared commitment to the common good that we can develop policies and strategies that will enhance the security infrastructure of our dear nation,” he said.

Musa said it was imperative to create a security framework that would be inclusive, responsive, and capable of safeguarding the rights and freedoms of all Nigerians.

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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted 10 suspected victims of human trafficking.

The command added that the victims were being sponsored abroad allegedly as illegal migrants by a yet-to-be-identified person.

They were accosted at Zuba motor park, Abuja, by officers of the command, following a tip-off on their return from Minna, Niger state, where they had gone to process their International passports as directed by their sponsor.

A statement from the Command’s public relations officer, Samuel Idoko said the victim’s age brackets were between 24 and 34 years. Idoko said amongst them was a male and 9 females, and they all hail from Ondo State.

Idoko said the investigation revealed that each of them paid eighty (80) thousand naira to facilitate the procurement of their International passports.

They also confessed to being promised migration abroad to undertake ready-made jobs, especially in North Africa and Canada by a yet-to-be-identified sponsor who according to them, resides in Okitipupa, Ondo state.

While handing over the victims to the Nigeria Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP), the FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu, warned Nigerians about the dangers of illegal migration abroad.

“Be careful of the types of people that are promising you a better future abroad, don’t be desperate because some of them end up ruining your lives.

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“They deceive you and collect huge sums of money from you that there are ready-made jobs, whereas, you may end up in slavery or forced to be sex workers.

“If you must travel abroad, follow the right channel that’ll give you rest of mind, don’t allow somebody to seize your international passport abroad, and place you under an oath that you’ll regret,” he warned.

The Commandant further stated that the victims were handed over to NAPTIP, the agency in charge of human trafficking to carry out further investigations and actions within the ambit of the law.

The FCT Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has intercepted 10 victims of human trafficking at Zuba motor park in Abuja.

A statement on Monday in Abuja, by Mr Samuel Idoko, the NSCDC FCT Command Spokesperson, said the rescued victims, aged between 24 and 34, comprised of one male and nine female, who all claimed to be indigenes of Ondo State.

He said that on interrogation, it was discovered that the victims were being sponsored for illegal migration abroad.

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”The victims were accosted at Zuba motor park, Abuja, by officers of the command, following a tip off of their return from Minna, where they had gone to process their International passports as directed by their sponsor.

”The victims confessed to have paid N80, 000 to facilitate the procurement of the International passport.

”They also confessed to being promised migration abroad to undertake ready-made jobs, especially in North Africa and Canada by a yet to be identified sponsor, who according to them, resides in Okitipupa, Ondo state”, he said.

Idoko the victims had been handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP) by the NSCDC Commandant, Olusola Odumosu.

“Be careful of the type of people that are promising you a better future abroad. Don’t be desperate because some of them might end up ruining your live; they deceive you and collect huge sums of money from you for ready-made jobs, whereas, you may end up in slavery or forced to be sex workers.

“If you must travel abroad, follow the right channel that will give you rest of mind, don’t allow somebody to seize your international passport abroad, and place you under an oath that you will regret,” Odumosu was quoted as saying.

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The Anti-Vandal squad of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Rivers State command, has destroyed a massive illegal refinery field at Adobi-Akwa settlement in Etche Local Government Area of the state.

The Head of the quad, CSC Peters Ibiso, said the illegal refinery was sited in a forest, about seven kilometres from the main town.

Ibiso, who represented Rivers State Commandant, Basil Igwebueze said the team sighted where the pipeline vandals tapped into the wellhead of yet to be yet-to-be-ascertained multinational company, connected their galvanized pipes to many cooking pots, heat the crude to produce Automotive Gas Oil (AGO).

He said: “Upon receiving a tip-off, the Anti-Vandal operatives swung into action to uncover this illegal oil bunkering site, they were in this forest for two days having cordoned the area; unfortunately the perpetrators upon sighting our men took to their heels but the investigation is still ongoing to effect the arrests of such defiant elements”.

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Ibiso in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer, NSCDC, Rivers, Oluremi Ayedele narrated the operational techniques of the illegal refinery owners.

He said from the extraction of crude through vandalism of oil pipelines, they took it for cooking in various ovens where the content was subjected to high temperatures and transmitted through pipes to reservoirs for storage and onward trans-loading to buyers.

He said that the command would not relent in the fight against illegal dealings in petroleum products and that the public should trust the NSCDC by providing actionable intelligence that could enhance the possible arrest of economic saboteurs in the state.

The statement said: “Our commitment to continuously work in tandem with the prosecutorial mandate of the corps in order to rid the state of economic saboteurs remains unchanged, we value our informants and most especially the intelligence-driven tip-off received from time to time.

“It is also our duty to ensure that our source of information is not disclosed so as to protect our informants, it is, therefore, our delight that the public will continue to have confidence and trust in us as we together protect the nation’s critical national assets and Infrastructure from daredevil vandals.”

Agro Rangers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have repelled an attack by suspected bandits on the Federal Government’s grain silo in Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State.

NSCDC spokesman Buhari Hamisu said in a statement in Katsina yesterday that the attack occurred on Saturday night.

According to him, the bandits wanted to destroy the silo and abduct its Manager, Mr. Lawal Shitu-Yar’adua.

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The Agro Rangers responded swiftly, engaging the bandits in a fierce gun duel for over two hours, Hamisu said.

He said: “The valiant operatives overpowered the criminals, who scaled the rear fence of the reserve and escaped with serious injuries.

“The silo was not damaged, nor did the criminals succeed in their nefarious act.”

Hamisu said the NSCDC had deployed more personnel in the location and increased the firepower of the operatives to prevent a recurrence of such attack.

According to him, the silo is used to store grains being distributed to people of Katsina, Zamfara and Sokoto states.

“The Command remains dedicated towards promoting safety and security for the good people of the state and Nigeria as a whole, as well as providing adequate protection of critical national assets and infrastructure.”

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), operatives has again successfully busted illegal bunkering of crude oil belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL.

According to the Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC,  Babawale Afolabi,  the directives of the Commandant General, Dr. Ahmed Audi to all Commands, Surveillance, Monitoring and Intelligence Units regarding activities of oil thieves are yielding the desired results.

Afolabi said in a statement that operatives of the CG’s Surveillance and Intelligence Unit uncovered a massive illegal refining site with over 95,000 illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) in Otulu Community,  Egbema Council area of Imo State.

He added that there were other consignments yet to be refined but already siphoned in large quantities.

“Acting on credible intelligence, the CG’s SIS stormed Otulu Community in Egbema West of Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State and discovered an illegal refinery covering a large expanse of land with many cooking pots and illegally connected Pipes tapping from the main Oil Trunk line of NNPC OML 20 assets in Egbema West field; Well 11 location with many fabricated reservoirs, drums and AGO concealed in cellophane bags.

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“Upon sighting the resilient and dogged CG’s Special Intelligence Squad the perpetrators took to their heels through the thick forests,” Afolabi said.

He listed exhibits recovered at the crime scene as: Galvanized iron pipes, several locally fabricated metal reservoirs, Constant Elepaq Gasoline Generating Set, Bridge Inverter Welding machine ARC 200, Electrical filing machine, Several vandalized Well Head Valves, a yellow coloured Robin GC pumping machine and packs of electrolyte.

Investigation is ongoing to unravel the perpetrators behind the heinous crime while the exhibits recovered would be forfeited to the federal government after the Court’s order, Afolabi said.

He affirmed the determination of the Corps to relentlessly combat the menace of vandalism and crude oil theft to a standstill across the nation.

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have dismantled bunkering site and impounded 9000 litres of automotive gas from oil thieves at Ukwa East local government of Abia state. 

The operations were conducted by the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad in a renewed onslaught against the activities of economic saboteurs. 

According to the Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC,  Babawale Afolabi, the illegal bunkering site, a large local Pour-put Boat for conveying locally refined petroleum products, and a loading point were destroyed by the NSCDC team. 

He added in a statement that automotive Gas Oil amounting to 9000 litres were also impounded during the operations at Inhandu Community of Ukwa East Local Government Area 

Afolabi explained that the Squad through credible Intelligence got wind of oil bunkering activities taking place at Inhandu/Ikwariator Riverside,  Ukwa East Council area where an uninterrupted loading and conveyance of AGO concealed in cellophane bags were ongoing and stormed the area. 

The Team swung into action and was able to uncover a bunkering site where local refining of petroleum products had been going on for a long time, he said.

He said those involved in the illegal activities ran away on sighting the NSCDC operatives. 

“While touring across the site, some bags of AGO were also packed in an uncompleted building while some were loaded inside 3 different Vehicles ready for supply. 

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“Some of the exhibits recovered at the crime scene are: 2 Fibre Boats with 40 Horse Power Yamaha Engines, 2 empty J5 Buses and 1 Sequoia Jeep about to be loaded, 2 large wooden boats still under construction and some quantities of AGO concealed in cellophane bags, ” Afolabi said. 

He said the Intelligence and Investigation department have commenced investigation on the matter, while operatives are on the trails of the oil thieves.