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  • NSCDC arrests ‘self-confessed’ Boko Haram suspect in Edo

    NSCDC arrests ‘self-confessed’ Boko Haram suspect in Edo

    The Edo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed the arrest of a ‘self-confessed’ Boko Haram suspect.

    The suspect who gave his name as Sani was arrested yesterday, according to the Commandant of the NSCDC, Makinde Ayinla.

    He said: “Our men deployed to guard the premises of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), arrested the suspect after he was spotted twice loitering between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m.

    “Nobody knew how he gained entry into the premises.”

    He said that during interrogation, Sani claimed to be a member of the Boko Haram group.

    Ayinla also said that Sani confessed to being in a group that specialises in robbery, kidnapping, murder and selling of human parts.

    The commandant said that Sani confessed that his group operates with sophisticated weapons.

    Ayinla said when asked if Sani could lead men of the corps to his group’s hideout, he said the suspect said: “only God can lead any person there.”

    The commandant said the suspect had been handed over to the State Command of the State Security Services (SSS).

     

  • NSCDC resolves 65 disputes in Kaduna

    NSCDC resolves 65 disputes in Kaduna

    The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ), Kaduna Command, said it’s Peace and Conflict Resolution Unit has resolved 65 out of 85 disputes involving individuals it received in 2017.

    The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASC, Orndiir Terzungwe made the disclosure in an interview with the News men on Monday in Kaduna.

    He however said the unit was still working on 20 of the cases, adding that progress have been made in the effort to resolve them.

    Terzungwe said the disputes revolved round land ownership, family issues and cases of breach of trust.

    According to him, 40 of the cases were on breach of trust, of which 32 have been resolved, with eight pending.

    Read Also: NSCDC arrests man, 20, over theft of six goats

    “In land dispute, we received 28 matters and 21 had been resolved while seven are still in progress, while under family matters, 17 cases was received, 12 were resolved and five are still in process,” he said.

    The spokesperson said that during the period under review, the unit recovered and handed over N1.17 million to their rightful owners.

    He said that the command remained committed to its mandate of protecting national infrastructure and assets, and appealed to residents to always give security operatives useful information for proactive them to take measures.

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  • Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill two NSCDC officers in Benue

    Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill two NSCDC officers in Benue

    Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Monday killed two officers of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ) in Awanger village, Guma local government area of Benue State.

    According to a facebook post, the victims are Ada Patrick and Adam Godwin.

    The victims were reportedly ambushed and shot dead at 2:25 p.m. on Monday.

    Attempts to speak with the Public Relation Officer (PRO) of the Benue State Command of NSCDC failed as he refused to pick his calls.

    Text messages sent to his phone were also not returned.

  • NSCDC confiscates 1,500 litres of PMS from black market operators

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Plateau State has confiscated 1500 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from black market operators and impounded four vehicles  with improvised tanks in Jos.

    The Commandant of the corps in the state, Mr Solomon Olasupo, disclosed this while carrying out a raid yesterday in Jos, describing the black market operators as”economic saboteurs”.

    According to Olasupo,  the Command has declared war against illegal sale of  PMS, adding that the perpetrators would be  treated as saboteurs.

    The commandant said the racketeers were  carrying out their illegal business opposite the NNPC mega fuel station in Jos, adding that they were diverting and hoarding the product to create artificial scarcity.

    He impounded  two vehicles and  two tricycles that had improvised tanks awaiting their turns to get fuel at the NNPC Mega Station on  Yakubu Gowon way.

    He warned managers of the filling stations to desist from conniving with owners of  vehicles and tricycles with improvised tanks and siphoning the products at night.

  • Imo NSCDC denies shooting security guard

    THE Imo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense (NSCDC), yesterday described as unfounded and misleading, the report of shooting a security guard attached to a popular hotel in Owerri by one of its personnel.

    The middle aged security guard, Mr. Chizorom Anayo, was allegedly shot on the leg by a Civil Defence Officer attached to a politician.

    But the state Commandant, Stephen Lar, told reporters that the Command has concluded preliminary investigations into the matter, adding that the victim was not shot as “mischievously” insinuated but sustained minor injuries why struggling with the armed officer.

    According to him, “the report that the security guard was shot is untrue, we have concluded preliminary investigations and discovered that what happened was that the security guard and his cohorts tried to disarm the officer and he was injured in the ensuing scuffle”.

    He explained further that “the officer in question is attached to the Commissioner for Public Safety (Chidi Nwaturuocha) and while trying to protect his principal from hoodlums and keke riders who flouted the state government order on the ban of Keke, some of them tried to disarm him that was when the said security guard sustained some injury. Our men are strictly instructed on the use of firearms because we do not condone indiscriminate use of firearms”.

  • Imo NSCDC denies shooting security guard

    Imo NSCDC denies shooting security guard

    THE Imo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense (NSCDC), yesterday described as unfounded and misleading, the report of shooting a security guard attached to a popular hotel in Owerri by one of its personnel.

    The middle aged security guard, Mr. Chizorom Anayo, was allegedly shot on the leg by NSCDC officer attached to a politician.

    The state Commandant, Stephen Lar, told reporters that the Command has concluded preliminary investigations into the matter, adding that the victim was not shot as “mischievously” insinuated but sustained minor injuries why struggling with the armed officer.

    According to him, “the report that the security guard was shot is untrue, we have concluded preliminary investigations and discovered that what happened was that the security guard and his cohorts tried to disarm the officer and he was injured in the ensuing scuffle”.

    He explained further that “the officer in question is attached to the Commissioner for Public Safety (Chidi Nwaturuocha) and while trying to protect his principal from hoodlums and keke riders who flouted the state government order on the ban of Keke, some of them tried to disarm him and that was when the said security guard sustained some injury.

    Our men are strictly instructed on the use of firearms because we do not condone indiscriminate use of firearms.”

  • NSCDC apprehends 24 crime suspects in Edo

    NSCDC apprehends 24 crime suspects in Edo

    The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ) in Edo say it has arrested no fewer than 24 crime suspects in the state, in the past two weeks.

    Mr Makinde Ayinla, State Commandant of the Corps, made the disclosure in an interview with our News reporter on Friday in Benin.

    Ayinla said that in view of the recent upsurge of crimes and criminality within the state, the command had intensified its efforts and strategies which had yielded positive results with the arrests.

    He said that out of the figure, nine were suspected herdsmen, arrested by an officer of the command, in collaboration with the local vigilance group, in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state.

    He said that the suspects were arrested while in possession of three single barrel guns and other dangerous weapons at Oloma and Okpe villages in the locality.

    Read Also: Imo NSCDC denies shooting of security guard

    The commandant, however, said that the suspects had been handed over to the relevant authorities.
    He said that two suspects were also arrested while in possession of suspected illegally-refined product ( DPK ), being conveyed to an unknown destination in 50 25-litre containers.

    He noted that two suspects were arrested in connection with alleged robbery; five for suspected cultism; and six for the vandalism of public power supply cables.

    Ayinla said investigation was ongoing and when completed, the suspects would either be handed to the relevant authorities or be prosecuted.

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  • Imo NSCDC denies shooting of security guard

    Imo NSCDC denies shooting of security guard

    The Imo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense (NSCDC) on Tuesday described as unfounded and misleading, the report that a security guard attached to a popular hotel in Owerri was shot by one of its personnel.

    The middle aged security guard, Mr. Chizorom Anayo, was allegedly shot on the leg by a NSCDC officer attached to a politician.

    Read Also: NSCDC records 1,204 criminal, civil cases in Jigawa

    But the state Commandant of NSCDC, Stephen Lar, told journalists that the command has concluded preliminary investigations into the matter, adding that the victim was not shot as “mischievously” reported but sustained minor injuries why struggling with the armed officer.

    He said: “The report that the security guard was shot is untrue, we have concluded preliminary investigations and discovered that what happened was that the security guard and his cohorts tried to disarm the officer and he was injured in the ensuing scuffle”.

    “The officer in question is attached to the Commissioner for Public Safety, Chidi Nwaturuocha, and while trying to protect his principal from hoodlums and keke riders who flouted the state government order on the ban of Keke, some of them tried to disarm him and that was when the said security guard sustained injury. Our men are strictly instructed on the use of firearms because we do not condone indiscriminate use of firearms.”

     

  • Police train 147 officers in Zone 5 to counter terrorism

    Police train 147 officers in Zone 5 to counter terrorism

    The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, said on Friday that 147 officers of the Nigeria Police Force and sister security agencies in Zone 5, have been trained to counter terrorism.

    The I-G made this disclosure at the closing ceremony of the five-day National Counter Terrorism Incident Commanders’ Management Course held in Benin.

    Idris represented by Commissioner of Police in Edo, Mr Johnson Kokumo, said that the Force would continue to synergise with sister security agencies to counter terrorism.

    “The Nigeria Police will continue to partner with other sister security agencies to curb any form of criminal activities, especially terrorism in the country.

    “The training is a clear indication of the willingness of police to synergize with sister security agencies to sustain peace in the country.

    “The training is to impart new security knowledge on the participants.

    “The Police will always make his officers and men available to attend similar training when called upon by sister security agencies,’’ he said.

    In his remarks, the Assistant Commissioner, ACP Emmanuel Aina, urged the participants to domesticate the thematic concerns of the training in their various formation and agencies.

    He said the training has further exposed the participants to taking urgent steps to respond to emergencies timely without recourse to who should take the lead with other security agencies.

    Earlier, the lead facilitator for the training, CSP Okon Asuquo, thanked the I-G for approving the training.

    He said the training has further exposed participants to contemporary policing challenging issues through group discussion, presentations, simulations and lectures.

    He said the concern was to demonstrate practically various topics such as major incidents, method of terrorist attacks, and multi-agency response to incidents.

    The 147 officers drawn from the Police, Army, FRSC, NSCDC, EDSMA, Nigeria Fire Service, and DSS, who successfully participated in the training programme, were presented with certificates.

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  • Teachers in Kaduna divided over NUT’s strike order

    Teachers in Kaduna divided over NUT’s strike order

    Teachers in the Zaria Education zone of Kaduna State are divided over the Nigerian Union of Teachers ( NUT )’s recent directive to them to proceed on an indefinite strike.

    The NUT in the state had directed them go on the strike to press home their demand for the reversal of the sack of 22,000 teachers by the state government.

    Investigation revealed that some teachers who passed the examination conducted by government reported for duty on Wednesday.

    A cross section of teachers said on condition of anonymity in some schools in Zaria and Sabongari Local Government Areas that they were coerced to report for work.

    Read also: PDP backs teachers’ strike in Kaduna 

    “I am not here because I want to be here. I have reported for work for fear of victimisation. Government directed all those who passed the examination to come to work.

    “Actually, I am disturbed by the sack of my colleagues who could not get 75 per cent in the examination conducted by government.

    “But remember, examination is not a true test of knowledge; it is a game of luck. One can excellently perform in an examination but may not teach well.

    “I am appealing to government to invite the union for another round of negotiation toward making a head way in the lingering problem,” one of them said.

    Another teacher said he was only being a loyal citizen by following the instruction given to them by the state government to be in their duty posts.

    He said they were directed to write their names on the attendance register.

    He, however, sympathised with those who failed the examination and urged them to see what happened as part of their “destiny.”

    Other teachers claimed that they were in their places of work to satisfy their urge because staying at home would not give them clear picture of what was going on in schools.

    Some others who complied with the NUT directive said that would remain at home until all their demands were met.

    When contacted, Usman Rabi’u, NUT Chairman, Sabongari Local Government, said however that the union was not divided on the matter.

    According to him, some of the teachers were forced to report at their duty posts and leave.

    “I want to assure you that we don’t have a divided house, but we learnt that the Education Secretary had threatened to sack them if they refused to report for work.

    “Some just go to their schools to register and got away. That’s all, but we are appealing to our teachers not to panic. We are doing everything possible to protect their interest,” he assured.

    Rabi’u commended teachers in the area for complying with the strike order and urged them not to waiver “until justice is done.”

    He urged the state government to meet the demands of the union so as not to prolong the strike.

    Members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps ( NSCDC ) were cited in schools monitoring the situation.

    The state government had issued a circular, threatening to sack any teacher who did not report to his/her duty post.

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