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  • NSCDC intercepts 45,000 litres of petroleum product

    The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ), Edo Command, has intercepted a truck laden with 45,000 litres of suspected illegally-refined petroleum product.

    Mr Makinde Ayinla, the State Commandant of the NSCDC, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin on Tuesday.

    Ayinla said that the truck was intercepted at Aduwawa area on Benin/Auchi road.

    He told NAN that the truck, which was laden with suspected illegally-refined diesel was loaded in Delta and heading to Abuja.

    The NSCDC boss said the driver of the truck had been arrested and would soon be prosecuted.

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    Ayinla said that the command would continue to discharge its duties and ensure that the nation’s economic saboteurs desist from their unpatriotic trade.

    The commandant advised petroleum marketers to shun acts inimical to the economic emancipation of the country and ensure that they get their products from the legal refineries.

    He said this was imperative as any marketer that patronised illegal refinery, would eventually suffered a loss, as such products if intercepted, would be destroyed.

  • Illegal deals: NSCDC boss vows to sanction top officers

    NIGERIA Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Commandant-General Abdullahi Muhammadu has promised to deal with any commandant fingered in any illegal activity.

    The warning followed a barrage of unsatisfactory report about some officials of the corps.

    He spoke while meeting with commandants of the Southsouth states, comprising of Rivers, Delta, Edo, Bayelsa, Akwa-Ibom and Cross River states, summoned over allegations of aiding and abetting act of vandalism and illegal bunkering.

    Abdullahi, who has set up a monitoring team from the headquarters to thoroughly investigate, effectively supervise and monitor activities of the state commands, warned that anyone found culpable would incur his wrath.

    With the approval of the Minister of Interior, the Commandant General, therefore, carried out a redeployment exercise to reposition the organization.

    According to a statement issued by his spokesman, Emmanuel Okeh, the NSCDC boss said: “Due to recent development in the security circle as it affects the Corps mandate in the Southsouth and Southeast regions, it has become necessary to re-organise and re-strategise for operational efficiency and better service delivery.”

  • NSCDC foils plan to vandalise Warri-Kaduna crude oil pipeline

    Operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have foiled a plan to break Warri-Kaduna crude oil pipeline.
    The Kaduna State Command of the corps disclosed to newsmen in Kaduna on Tuesday, saying that, the suspected vandals were at large, but an oil tanker and other items were recovered at the scene of the crime.
    NSCDC in a statement signed by its command’s Public  Relations Officer,  ASC Orndiir Terzungwe said, the incident took place at Juji in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State.
    According to the statement, “Determined to end incidence of vandalism in the country, operatives of the Nigeria Security & Civil Defence Corps, Kaduna state command, have foiled a criminal attempt by vandals to burst crude oil pipelines located at Juji, Chikun Local Government of the state.
    “Acting on information by other stakeholders, the command’s Anti-vandal operatives on their routine patrol of the pipelines in the area, mobilized swiftly to the scene at about 00:13 hours on October 13, 2018. On reaching the scene located at KM 284.7 Warri–Kaduna Refinery Crude Oil Pipelines, the suspected vandals sighted them and took to their heels and abandoned a DAF Tanker with registration number KANO AH 535 KUR.
    “Incriminating items recovered at the scene include: Two Rolls of Hose pipis,  One small Tiger electric generating set One big hammer, One big punching rod and one big hoe.
    “Speaking on the incident, State Commandant of the Corps, Alhaji Modu Bunu, expressed delight with the collaboration with the informants, calling on all law abiding citizens of the state to partner with the corps for security of lives and property.
    “Bunu directed a full investigation into the feat attained by the operatives, reiterating that appropriate sanctions will apply on the owners of the impounded vehicle.
    “The Commandant urged owners of the truck to come forward, saying that the command has ways of identifying them even if they decline.
    “He further called on those who indulge in criminal acts and those nursing such thoughts to desist or face the wrath of the law when arrested.” The statement read.

  • NSCDC arrest three suspected vandals in Niger

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ) in Niger says it has arrested three suspects for allegedly vandalising Federal Low Cost Housing estate transformer belonging to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) in Suleja.

    The Commandant of the Corps in the state, Mr Philip Ayuba, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Friday.

    Ayuba said that the the corps’ Anti-Vandal Team in Suleja arrested the suspects at the transformer site that was feeding the estate.

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    He said three suspects had since confessed to the crime,adding that they would be arraigned in court after the conclusion of investigations.

    He called on the public to report any person or group of persons found tempering with public facilities to the command for prompt action.

  • Vandals having field day in Akute, residents allege

    Residents of Denro Road in Akute have decried the unabated activities of petroleum pipeline vandals who have been on the prowl since September 29.

    It was learnt that the criminals had on daily basis siphoned Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) between 12:30 am and 4am from a valve near Denro Market with no resistance from operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) who are supposed to keep 24-hour watch of the pipeline.

    According to some of the residents who spoke to The Nation on Tuesday their major worries were the offensive odour of petrol that usually choked them each time the vandals commenced their criminal activity as well as the fear of a fire outbreak.

    Although operatives of the Nigerian Army visited the community on September 30, a day after the vandals began operating there, The Nation learnt that the criminals have continued their action.

    A man whose name cannot be stated for safety reasons alleged that the criminals have the backing of security operatives, adding “the operate without fear and even fire warning shots some times to scare residents.”

    The man told The Nation that the vandals usually came with two tankers, adding that before they begin their operation, they will flash their torches across people’s homes to be sure no one was watching.

    He said: “There is an NSCDC tent in Akute yet these vandals come and operate as though someone is backing them. They do not hide and are not afraid.

    “They usually spoke in loud voices and they come every night. The place I am talking about is by the Pipeline Bus Stop. Before they used to operate inside the bush part but it seems that place is no longer safe for them.

    “Since September 29, we have not had peaceful night here. After soldiers came when they first started, the vandals returned the next day and released gunshots. At first we thought they were security people but some of us spied and saw their tankers that was how we knew it was the criminals.”

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    Another resident said the odour from the PMS was affecting his pregnant wife, appealing to the government to deploy soldiers permanently to the place.

    He said: “My wife is pregnant and that odour chokes her every night. I am begging the government to send soldiers to that place. Let soldiers go and mount surveillance there because it seems the other security have compromised.

    “Also, I do not know why the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation left that place unlocked. It is not just a pipeline. That place is like a control. The vandals go there, open the valves and when they are fine stealing fuel, they lock it and leave.

    “There was a day they left it open and fled. It seems they got information that security people were coming. If nothing is done soon, we will die of pollution or even a fire outbreak.

    “One night I climbed on my bed to peep around 1am and I saw them on top of the tankers pointing their torch to people’s homes to see if anyone was awake.

    “Also on Saturday night, around 12:30 am, I overheard them questioning a man who seemed to have returned late. The vandals are not afraid. It seems they have strong backing.”

    Contacted, NSCDC Commandant in Ogun Everestus Obiyo said he was only aware of the September 29 incident and that the command was investigating.

    Obiyo who faulted the residents for not arresting the vandals on the spot, said they should have at least contacted security operatives while the operation was ongoing.

    Reminded of the residents allegation that the vandals usually fired gunshots, Obiyo said: “Such an incident cannot be tolerated. There is no way I will know of an incident like that and allow it. The residents should be sharp and arrest the vandals but if they cannot, they should at least call us while the operation is on.”

    Asked if there were no NSCDC operatives at the particular point he said: “We have a tent over there and my men are on 24-hour surveillance. I have also called them now to put them on their toes. I am only aware of the incident of September 29 which the army came to address. No arrest has been made yet but we are investigating.”

  • Army seeks collaboration with security agencies to tackle insurgency

     The Nigerian Army has called for closer collaboration with security agencies in Borno, to facilitate successful implementation of the counter-insurgency campaign.

    Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement issued on Saturday in Maiduguri, quoted Brig.-Gen. Bulama Biu, the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, as making the call at a meeting with heads of security agencies in the state.

    According to the statement Biu called for synergy and cooperation towards evolving new strategies in the ongoing fight against insurgency and other sundry crimes.

    Biu stressed the need for routine interaction between stakeholders with a view to strengthen cooperation, intelligent and information sharing among them.

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    While commending the agencies for discharging their duties effectively, Biu called for proactive measures to review strategies to meet the security challenges occasioned by the political transition period.

    Biu reminded the agencies of the need to be proactive so as not to allow breach of peace and checkmate unholy political gatherings.

    The meeting was attended by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Damian Chukwu, Comptroller of Customs, AB Abdullahi, and the Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ibrahim Abdullahi.

    Others were Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ijafaru Bukar, and Comptroller, Nigerian Immigration Service, Abdulfattah Adamu, among others.

  • NSCDC rescues 12 victims of human trafficking in Edo

    The Edo Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has rescued about 12 victims of human trafficking and child labour in the past five months.

    Mr Makinde Ayinla, State Commandant of the Corps, disclosed this on Friday in Benin during a one day workshop on the menace of human trafficking and illegal migration.

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the workshop with the theme: “Sensitisation of Students on the Menace of Human Trafficking and Illegal Migration was organised by the Edo Command of the NSCDC.

    Ayinla said that it had become imperative for the corps to sensitise students on the ills of human trafficking in view of the prevalent danger victims were exposed and subjected to.

    He noted that human trafficking had claimed the lives of many Nigerian citizens, making early sensitisation of students imperative.

    The commandant said that the first sentence of the Act establishing the Corps which is “Security of Lives and Properties”, highlighted the need for the corps to join in the fight against the menace.

    Ayinla noted that the power of a nation lay with factors such as security, education, manpower, technological know-how and the youths.

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    According to him, the youths suffer the most in African nations even though they are the backbone of the development of any nation in the world.

    He listed the challenges confronting the youths to child labour, street hawking, rape, prostitution, trafficking and illegal migration.

    He said the effects of these challenges on the victims were sometimes devastating.

    Ayinla said that the workshop would be an eye-opener to students, parents and stakeholders on the need to intensify efforts at curbing the menace.

  • Exercise peaceful, says NSCDC

    As far as the Commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Osun State Command Aboluwoye Akinwande is concerned, the governorship poll was peaceful.

    Akinwande told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) the election was so far peaceful, adding that NSCDC officers were also on ground in all the polling units across the state to maintain peace.

    “All the officers have been deployed to their various polling units, divisions and the state in general.

    “They are already on ground and the election has started. While I was on patrol this morning, I saw a lot of people going to their various polling units and the polling units I passed through were very peaceful.

    “There is no disturbance,” he said.

    He however noted that there were certain pockets of challenges that had to do with the political status of most of the contestants.

    “Let me start with APC; the APC candidate, who happens to be the former Chief of Staff of the state.

    “The PDP candidate also happens to be a federal senator. The SDP contestant happens to be a former senator and a former deputy governor and he is still very active in politics.

    “Also the ADP candidate happens to be a former Secretary to State Government of Osun State before he decamped to ADP.

    “He has also been a grassroots politician from ACN to AD to even APC and now to ADP. So he is a grassroots man.

    “So we have all these people contesting and when they are contesting, you will find out that there might be some pockets of challenges, ”he said.

    Akinwande also noted due to some of these challenges, some thugs had been arrested, while some have been charged to court.

    According to him, these are some of the challenges we are having but thank God the challenges have been solved.

    Akinwande however said that a huge number of NSCDC officers had been deployed to Osun to ensure peaceful conduct of the election.

    “Aside from Osun, we have officers and men from Ogun, Lagos, Ondo, Kwara and Kogi, who are actively involved in this gubernatorial election; so you could imagine the type of deployment.

    “There are also deployments from the National headquarters. We have from the Directorate of Rescue Management, Peace and Conflict and Kennel.

    “We have officers from Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Squad, Chemical Biological Radioactive and Nuclear Explosives, among others.

    “All these are just to tell you about the deployment and how active the NSCDC has been in ensuring a peaceful election in the state,” he said

     

  • Osun election peaceful – NSCDC

    Mr Aboluwoye Akinwande, the State Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State Command, on Saturday says the ongoing election in the state is so far peaceful.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Osun gubernatorial election got underway in the early hours of Saturday morning with a large turnout of voters who came out for the accreditation exercise.

    Akinwande told NAN in an interview that the election was so far peaceful, adding that NSCDC officers were also on ground in all the polling units across the state to maintain peace.

    “All the officers have been deployed to their various polling units, divisions and the state in general.

    “They are already on ground and the election has started. While I was on patrol this morning, I saw a lot of people going to their various polling units and the polling units I passed through were very peaceful.

    “There is no disturbance,’’ he said.

     

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    He, however, noted that there were certain pockets of challenges that had to do with the political status of most of the contestants.

    “Let me start with APC; the APC candidate, who happens to be the former Chief of Staff of the state.

    “The PDP candidate also happens to be a federal senator. The SDP contestant happens to be a former senator and a former deputy governor and he is still very active in politics.

    “Also the ADP candidate happens to be a former Secretary to State Government of Osun State before he decamped to ADP.

    “He has also been a grassroots politician from ACN to AD to even APC and now to ADP. So he is a grassroots man.

    “So we have all these people contesting and when they are contesting, you will find out that there might be some pockets of challenges, ‘’he said.

    Akinwande also noted that due to some of these challenges, some thugs had been arrested, while some have been charged to court.

    According to him, these are some of the challenges we are having but thank God the challenges have been solved.

    Akinwande, however, said that a huge number of NSCDC officers had been deployed to Osun to ensure peaceful conduct of the election.

    “Aside from Osun, we have officers and men from Ogun, Lagos, Ondo, Kwara and Kogi, who are actively involved in this gubernatorial election; so you could imagine the type of deployment.

    “There are also deployments from the National headquarters. We have from the Directorate of Rescue Management, Peace and Conflict and Kennel.

    “We have officers from Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Squad, Chemical Biological Radioactive and Nuclear Explosives, among others.

    “All these are just to tell you about the deployment and how active the NSCDC has been in ensuring a peaceful election in the state,’’ he said. (NAN)

  • NSCDC deploys 10,000 operatives for Osun guber poll

    THE Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) yesterday said a total of 10,073 operatives were drafted for election duties in Osun State. Deputy Commandant General of the corps, Kelechi Madu, stated this during a chat with reporters in Osogbo. He said 5,500 of the personnel would be deployed to man polling booths with the police, adding that others would be assigned to other security duties in relation to the election. Although some of the operatives had complained of poor remuneration ranging from N580 to N4,500 as against the N15,000 per personnel allegedly approved for them, Madu said all the personnel deployed for election duties got the allowances approved for them by the government. He said: “What the government approved was what was paid to them. What if the government said it was not going to pay anything? Would they not do their jobs?”