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  • Pipeline vandalism destroying economy, says NSCDC

    Pipeline vandalism destroying economy, says NSCDC

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has described pipeline vandalism and illegal refineries as economic sabotage and environment hazard capable of destroying a nation.

    NSCDC called on communities in the Niger Delta to volunteer more information on activities of pipeline vandals to enable the Corps flush them out.

    Its spokesperson Mr Emmanuel Okeh disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

    He said the Commandant-General of the Corps, Mr Abdullahi Muhammadu had ordered NSCDC officials to evolve new strategies and redouble their efforts in tackling the menace.

    Okeh said that more than 20 illegal refineries and 100 suspects were recently arrested in the region following intelligence report.

    He explained that the NSCDC had also established a 24-hour Command and Control Centre in Abuja as part of plans to enhance its surveillance on the pipelines.

    The spokesperson also stressed the importance of the cooperation and support of host communities to enable the NSCDC improves its operation in the region.

    “With the support and cooperation of host communities in the Niger Delta, I can assure you that our operations will be enhanced.

    “We need all the necessary information on the activities and hideouts of these vandals from the host communities,” he said.

    Okeh said NSCDC would continue to collaborate with other security agencies like the Navy to stem the tide of vandals in the Niger Delta.

  • NSCDC arrests two for vandalism in Rivers

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Rivers State has arrested two persons for allegedly vandalising a pipeline and operating illegal refineries.

    Commandant Lawal Haruna, who addressed a news conference yesterday, said the suspects were arrested at Amabiukiri Creek in Okrika Local Government.

    Five functional illegal refineries and five others, under construction, were destroyed.

    According to Haruna, the continuous construction of illegal refineries showed that vandals were not prepared to abandon the crime.

    “The suspects should key into programmes floated by the Federal and State governments for them, instead of engaging in illegal activities which pollute the environment,” Haruna said.

  • Extra-judicial killings: Benue lawmakers accuse civil defence officers

    Extra-judicial killings: Benue lawmakers accuse civil defence officers

    Benue State House of Assembly members representing Guma and Makurdi north state constituencies Hon Avine Gbom and Terseer Adzuu have called on the police to arrested Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC)  Officers who allegedly killed a farmer.The two lawmakers stormed the Benue State Police Command in Makurdi where they registered their protest against the alleged killing of a farmer Tertsagh Aondoaka by Civil Defence officers.

    The two lawmakers stormed the Benue State Police Command in Makurdi where they registered their protest against the alleged killing of a farmer Tertsagh Aondoaka by Civil Defence officers.

    The killing according to Hon Gbom and Adzuu happed on 25th, January, 2017 in The Alii, Guma Local Government area in Benue state.

    The state lawmakers from Guma and Makurdi north state constituencies accompany by the traditional ruler of Mbayian- Mbawa in Guma Local government area called on the Benue state command to as a matter of urgency arrest and prosecute the Civil Defence officers who tortured a farmer to death.
    The duo of Hon Gbom and Adzuu accused the Benue State Command of NSCDC of shielding their men from arrest and prosecution.
    Narrating how the farmer was tortured to dead by alleged Civil Defence officers in Guma local government area.
    The kindred head of Mbayian/ Mbawa Chief PIus Chado told newsmen that a Fulani man by named Eliasu took some officers to a village called Tse Alii to effect an arrest of a farmer.
    Chief Chado said the civil defence officers stormed the village and shot sporadically into the air and in the ensure melee the vilagers ran helter skelter.
    ‘ They pursued the victim into the bush and tortured him to death said Chief Achado.
    He said a woman who was on the farm who heard gunshots and took cover into the bush narrated how the civil defence officers who were six in their number armed with rifles beat Tertsagh Aondokaa, with a gun but and cut down the back side of his neck before leaving him in the pool of his blood.
    Chief Chado said as the civil defence officers were about to leave, the woman who took cover in the bush said she saw the Fulani man who came with them (Eliasu) pulled a knife from his arm and stabbed the victim on his two eyes.
    Hon Adzuu and Agbom who had earlier marched to the office of the Security Adviser to the governor to register their protest condemned the extra-judicial killing of one of their constituent and called for the arrest of the suspected civil defence officers who committed the dastardly act.
    They vowed to pursued the matter to the highest level until justice is done.
    At Press time the case was formally transferred from Guma Divisional Police Office to the State Criminal and Investigation Department Makurdi for further investigation.
    Police officers in the Homicide who pleaded anonymity said they are about to draft a former letter to the state Command of NSCDC to release the officers allegedly involved in the killing for interrogation.
    At the State Command of the NSCDC in Makurdi, the Public Relation Officer Mr Adakole told The Nation that the command lost a very senior officer and they are not in the mood to speak to the press.
    He, however, promised to invite this reporter to state their own side of story at a later date

  • NSCDC boss warns N/Delta youths to desist from pipeline vandalism

    The Assistant Commandant General (ACG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Zone G, Mr. Bassey Bassey, yesterday, warned vandals to desist from illegal trade and seek legitimate means of livelihood.

    Speaking in Yenagoa during familiarisation tour of Bayelsa State command, the newly- appointed ACG said there was no hiding place for pipeline vandals in the Niger Delta region.

    Bassey, who was in the company of state commandants of Delta and Anambra, Mrs. Beatrice Irabor and Mr. John Ahwe, said that in 2017, the NSCDC would arrest all would-be vandals and persons in the business of sabotage.

    The ACG and his team, who were received by the Bayelsa State Commandant, Mr. Desmond Agu, and officers and men of the command, also said suspects arrested would be prosecuted.

    He said: ”I am warning all vandals and those who want to vandalise the critical assets of government that in 2017 the Civil Defence is out to arrest all would-be vandals and those in the business of vandalism.

    ”I want to reiterate that with our renewed and invigorated civil defence, vandalism is no more a paying jobs. They (vandals) should find an alternative job to do because if they go on, they will sure be arrested and be prosecuted in the court of law.”

    Addressing officers and men at, the ACG said that the Bayelsa State command was high in achievements and urged them to sustain the tempo.

    Speaking, Agu said since the beginning of the year, his command had destroyed 18 illegal refineries in some parts of the state.

    He said: ”By the special grace of God, these officers and men have helped me to make sure crimes are minimised in Baylesa.”

  • NSCDC arrest two Boko Haram members in Niger

    The Niger State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two suspected Boko Haram members in Minna.

    The NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Ibrahim Yahaya, said the duo of Usman Al-Amin and Sanusi Ibrahim Bala were arrested at different locations in the state capital.

    Yahaya said Al-Amin was under surveillance by undercover officers due to some strange behavior exhibited by him.

    “The officers discovered that Al-Amin pretended to be insane during the day but reverted to his normal self at night when he would make several calls to his members elsewhere.

    “Apparently unaware that he was being monitored, he would make calls at night to persons we suspected were their members. It was at this point that it became clear to us that he is not a lunatic,” the NSCDC spokesman said.

    Yahaya said the suspects are presently undergoing interrogation which would aid security agents in arresting other members of the group.

     

  • NSCDC seals 13 fuel stations

    NSCDC seals 13 fuel stations

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, yesterday said it had sealed up 13 fuel stations, for allegedly under dispensing petroleum products.

    The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Command, Miss Kenny Bada, made the confirmation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

    Bada said the NSCDC carried out the exercise in collaboration with the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).

    She said: “The men of NSCDC, through its Intelligence Department, uncovered 13 filling stations in Badagry axis known for selling petroleum products to unsuspecting public below the stipulated dispensing measurement.

    “These filling stations were sealed last Thursday. They include Falcons Filling Station at MTN Bus Stop; Royal Stream filling station at Mowo extension, Energy filling station at Mowo and Labs filling station, Mowo. Also sealed are Energy filling station and Ramos filling station, Aradagun and two Total filling stations at Toga.

    “Others are MRS filling station at Toga, JINMS filling station at Badagry Roundabout, Jackson filling station at Seme-Badagry, Olubisi Obinja Nig. Ltd at Joseph Dosu Way, and Nybo filling station Sawmill Bus Stop.”

    Bada said the operation was made possible as a result of intelligence gathering by the men of the corps.

    She quoted NSCDC Commandant Tajudeen Balogun as saying that it is not the duty of the corps to seal up filling stations found to be involved in malpractices, “Hence, the need for collaboration with the DPR, statutorily mandated to carry out this exercise.’’

    She urged the public to report any suspicious act to the corps for immediate action, to further reduce criminal activities in the state.

  • Police, NSCDC deploy 3,700 for peaceful yuletide

    Police, NSCDC deploy 3,700 for peaceful yuletide

    Three thousand, seven hundred policemen and officials of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been deployed in Sokoto to ensure a hitch-free yuletide.
    Commissioner of Police Mohammed Abdulkadir and NSCDC’s Commandant Babangida Abdullahi spoke in Sokoto at the weekend.
    Abdulkadir said the command deployed over 3,000 officers and men in the 23 councils.
    He said: “We have embarked on stop-and-search patrols by the safer highways unit and the special anti-robbery squads. We have intensified on mobile patrols, surveillance by the conventional and plain-clothes personnel.
    “All officers and men in the command have been put on the red alert for yuletide. The command will not leave anything to chance to ensure that the festivities are peaceful.”
    Abdullahi added that the NSCDC 700 officers and men, with a special focus on Sokoto city and its environs.
    “We also appeal to residents to sustain their support to security agencies, as illegality will not do anybody any good,’’ Abdullahi, cautioned.

  • NSCDC deploys 3400 officers in Edo for peaceful Yuletide

    Edo State commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Benito Eze, said 3400 personnel including armed men have been deployed to flash points in the state to ensure a peaceful Christmas celebration.

    Dr. Eze told newsmen that the NSCDC is working in synergy with other security agencies to provide adequate security.

    Eze noted that 400 of the NSCDC are armed men while others were to ensure free flow of traffic and any disaster that may occur.

    He said critical assets of government would be manned 24 hours of the day during the Christmas and New Year celebrations.

    “We are taking this measure because of the strategic location of the state. Being a transit point for travellers along the corridor of South South, South East, South West and the North, we will not be living anything upturn to maintain this peace,” he stated.

  • NSCDC officer arraigned for job scam

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday in Kano arraigned  an officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) , Joshua Dan-Daura, for job racketeering.

    Dan-Daura, who is said to be a Deputy Superintendent in the NSCDC, appeared before Justice Dije Aboki of the state High Court on a one-count charge of obtaining by false pretense, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

    The accused is alleged to have obtained N145,000 from one Yahaya Musa under the guise of securing a job for him in the corps.

    He denied the charge.

    According to the prosecutor, Dan-Daura committed the alleged offence sometime in March 2013 contrary to section 320 of the Penal Code and punishable under section 322 of the same Law.

     

  • NSCDC to pay promotion arrears before December

    NSCDC to pay promotion arrears before December

    Payment of long-awaited promotion arrears to men and officers of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) will be concluded before December ending, its Commandant-General (C-G) Abdullahi Muhammadu has said.
    There are several allegations from officers of the corps, who pleaded anonymity, that the NSCDC did conversions for personnel with higher certificates without payments of the increments on their salaries.
    They added that another conversion exercise was embarked upon few months ago without payment of backlog arrears.
    Reacting to the development on what could be the rationale in the face of complaints about overdue promotions in the security agency; Muhammadu, through a document obtained from the spokesman of NSCDC, Emmanuel Okeh, admitted that the corps has not been able to pay promotion and salary arrears and new salaries.
    His words: “Among the agencies under the Ministry of Interior, the NSCDC has the least budgetary allocation and also the least budgetary allocation released. Up till now, the promoted officers and men in the corps have not been paid their promotion arrears and new salaries.
    “I trust that from now till the year runs-off, all these arrears will be paid to all the personnel affected. Although, these promotion arrears were not built into the 2016 budget.”
    He assured officers of his desire and willingness to protect their interests at all times as well as ensures that equity and fair-play without favoritism were entrenched in the system.
    The NSCDC boss reiterated that the corps was unable to carry out certain responsibility confronting it due to inadequate release of budgetary allocation.