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  • Imo police chase NSCDC official

    There was tension yesterday at the Imo State headquarters of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), following an attempt by about 40 policemen to forcefully arrest an NSCDC official.

    It was learnt that the NSCDC man ran into the compound to escape the “provoked” policemen.

    Our reporter also learnt that the policemen barricaded the gate and disrupted vehicular and human movements on the busy Okigwe Road.

    An eyewitness said the incident happened when the policemen demanded the identity of the NSCDC officer, which he promptly produced.

    The source also said the policemen, who were apparently not satisfied with his explanation, were shouting at the NSCDC man.

    “They were pushing the officer around and threatening to beat him up for talking back at them. It was at that point the terrified officer ran into the headquarters, which was just a pole away,” the eyewitness said.

    An NSCDC officer, who spoke in confidence, said: “The way they stormed the headquarters to forcefully take away a fellow uniformed officer showed that they have no respect for other security agencies. This was after he had identified himself by showing his identity card. But the policemen still molested him before he escaped.”

    The NSCDC spokesman, Chimezie Lowell, confirmed the incident.

    He said: “It was a minor misunderstanding between our man and the policemen. The policemen had a misunderstanding with one of our men outside the headquarters and they invaded the command to arrest him. But we are already resolving the matter.”

    A similar clash occurred between the police and Prisons officials about two months ago when a shoot-out occurred on the detention of a tricycle operator.

     

     

  • NSCDC arrests impersonator in Jigawa

    NSCDC arrests impersonator in Jigawa

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa on Thursday said it arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly parading himself as an officer of the command.

    The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Mr Muhammad Gidado, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday in Kiyawa Local Government Area.

    Gidado said that the arrest was made after the command received complaints from people patronising the popular Shuwarin market in Kiyawa town.

    He said that the suspect allegedly paraded himself as an officer of the civil defence and extorted money from members of the public.

    “We arrested the suspect after receiving complaints from people who patronised the Shuwarin market in Kiyawa town.

    “The suspect paraded himself as a staff of the command and collected money from people who came to the market,” he said.

    The commandant said that the suspect had confessed to committing the offence, adding that he would soon be arraigned in the court. (NAN)

  • Oil spill: Lagos moves to sue NSCDC for ‘illegal arrests’

    Oil spill: Lagos moves to sue NSCDC for ‘illegal arrests’

    Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has directed the Office of the Public Defender (OPD) to sue the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for “illegally arresting” eight residents of Ejigbo, whose wells were polluted by petrol spillage.

    Eight residents of No.17 and 30, Aminatu Ilo Street, were arrested last week by NSCDC officials for allegedly digging their wells to the level of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipelines to steal petrol.

    OPD Director Mrs. Omotola Rotimi said owners of the wells claimed that they reported at the Ejigbo Police Station when they noticed petrol coming out of their wells.

    They claimed the police took them to NNPC to report the spillage, adding that NNPC officials took samples from the wells before sealing them, with a promise to return on August 26.

    Mrs. Rotimi said the residents were waiting for NNPC to address the problem when NSCDC officials stormed the place and arrested eight people, including an expectant mother.

    She said Fashola and former Governor Bola Tinubu had written the Federal Government in the past to replace the pipelines to protect Ejigbo residents.

    Mrs. Rotimi said: “Despite these letters, nothing was done by NNPC or the Federal Government to alleviate the difficulties faced by the residents due to spillage. It would have been more appropriate for NSCDC to investigate the issue, instead of arresting, detaining, dehumanising and criminalising eight people, including an expectant mother.

    “This is against jurisprudence and human rights justice. These people are the victims, whose homes, livestock and crops have been destroyed due to the pollution of their wells and environment. Their health is also at risk.

    “They should be the one heading to the court to enforce and exercise their fundamental rights, including claiming damages, rather than a law enforcement agency harassing them.”

     

  • NSCDC arrests woman for ‘dumping baby’ in toilet

    The Jigawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said yesterday it had arrested a 23-year old woman for allegedly dumping her new born baby boy in a toilet in Hadeja town of Hadejia Local Government Area.

    The State Corps Commandant, Mr Muhammad Gidado, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse, the state capital, that the suspect was arrested following a tip-off.

    He explained that the suspect gave birth to the baby on September 1 at 11.30p.m and allegedly dumped it in the toilet.

    The commandant said the suspect alleged that she was impregnated by a man who ordered her to dump the baby.

    He said the man has also been arrested, adding: “He confessed to committing the offence.”

    Gidado said a medical examination conducted at the Hadejia General Hospital showed that the suspect was the baby’s mother.

    He added that efforts were being made to recover the baby, which he said “might be dead by now due to the hours it spent” in the toilet.

    The commandant said the suspects would be charged to court after investigation.

  • Woman dumps baby in cemetery

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa has arrested a 25-year-old woman for allegedly dumping her new born baby girl in a graveyard in Kazaure Local Government.

    The NSCDC commandant in the state, Mr Muhammad Gidado, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Dutse that the suspect was arrested on Friday at Ilallah quarters in Kazaure town.

    Gidado said the woman, who was a housemaid in the area, was arrested after the corps conducted a thorough investigation among divorcees, widows, housemaids and prostitutes living in the area.

    “We were able to identify and arrest the mother of the baby girl that was abandoned at grave yard after conducting thorough investigation among divorcees, widows, house maids and prostitutes living in the area,” Gidado said.

    He said a medical examination at the General Hospital at Hadejia revealed that the suspect was the biological mother of the baby.

    “She also confessed to being the mother, as well as dumping the baby.”

    The commandant said the suspect alleged that she was impregnated by one Alhaji Haruna of Makara-Huta quarters in the same town.

    The baby was discovered and rescued by men of the NSCDC while on patrol in the area on Aug. 27 when they were attracted to the scene by the cry of the baby.

  • ‘Grandpa’ rapes six-year-old girl in Ebonyi

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Ebonyi on Thursday arrested a 64 -year old man, Mr. Peter Edibgo for allegedly raping a six- year old girl, Nkwegu Chinwe, at Agbaenyim in Izzi Local government area of the state.

    Spokesman of NSCDC in the state, Emmanuel Nwali, said the suspect would have been lynched but for the timely intervention of the officers and men of Command.

    Nwali said after investigation, the suspect would be transferred to the appropriate agency responsible for handling such heinous crimes for possible prosecution.

    The suspect, he said, had been notorious for such acts as the village Head and other members of the community also confirmed the incident to the Corps.

    According to the command’s spokesman, the victim who felt a hard push into her legs, raised an alarm which attracted members of the community.

    “We are still investigating the case and after that we are going to hand over the case to the appropriate quarters because that is not one of our core mandates as NSCDC, “he stated.

     

  • Okorocha donates 32 patrol bikes to NSCDC

    Okorocha donates 32 patrol bikes to NSCDC

    IN furtherance of his a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ’ s commitment to the provision of adequate security for the people of the state, Governor Rochas Okorocha has donated 32 patrol motorbikes to the Imo State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC). Addressing newsmen, shortly after taking delivery of the Motorbikes in Owerri, the state capital, the state Commandant of the NSCDC, Adamu Saddabs Soja, who represented the Commandant-General, described the donation as a gesture in the greater interest of the residents of Imo State. According to him, “the implications of this gesture are such that there would henceforth be effective control of traffic in the state, bringing to an end the era of avoidable traffic congestion in Owerri and its suburbs. With these bikes, which are equipped with modern communication gadgets, strategically deployed; kidnapping, human trafficking, bagsnatching on motorcycles, tricycle criminality and dangerous driving will be a thing of the past, as these bikes are designed to give chase and coordinate arrest of fleeing criminal elements.” The commandant also noted that the state command has literally brought incidents of oil bunkering in the state to a stop, with the massive arrest of oil thieves and impounding of trucks and facilities of the culprits. He, however, decried the dearth of credible information from the public, noting that, “for effective security of any state, residents must be willing to volunteer vital information to security agencies.” While promising a proactive approach to addressing security issues in the state, Soja maintained that security remains a collective responsibility of all concerned.

  • NSCDC parades father of eight for alleged theft

    The Kwara State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) yesterday paraded a father of eight children, Segun Daudu, for alleged burglary in Ilorin, the state capital.

    The 47-year-old suspect was said to have two wives and hails from Otun Egbe in Kogi State.

    NSCDC State Commandant Yerima Gana said some buyers of the stolen goods, mainly household electronics and generating sets, were also arrested.

    The commandant listed the recovered items from the suspect as a 21-inch TV set, a DVD playing machine, a Tiger brand generator, a clipper and a Nokia handset.

    Gana said: “At noon, on August 4, in Osin Aremu, Asa Dam Road in Ilorin West Local Government Area, Segun Daudu of Ile Daudu, Otun Egbe, Kogi State, forced the door of Mr. Ibrahim Ali, who had gone out for his daily bread with his family. He opened and made away with some of the property belonging to Mr Ali.”

    The commandant explained that the suspect was apprehended with the assistance of members of the community.

    He said Daudu allegedly confessed to the crime, adding that the suspect also named those who bought the stolen goods from him after robbery operations.

    The NSCDC chief urged the public to always give security agencies relevant information.

    Addressing reporters, Daudu said he was a machine operator at a sawmill, adding that he also has a commercial motorcycle business.

    The suspect said the robbery was his third.

    He blamed some unseen forces for his criminal activities, adding that he had left many lucrative jobs without serious reasons.

     

  • NSCDC parades kidnap suspect in Kwara

    Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) yesterday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, paraded a man, Bashiru Ishola, for allegedly kidnapping three girls.

    The suspect, a drummer with a local music band, was said to have committed the crime last Friday at Oke-Kere community in Ilorin.

    It was learnt that the kidnap victims are two girls from same parents, including another six-year-old girl.

    The state Commandant of the Civil Defence, Yerima Gana, who paradedthe suspect, said the children were abducted at Sheikh Kamaldeem Street, Oke Kere, Ilorin.

    The children, he said, took part in a free meal for breaking the ongoing Ramadan fast by a Muslim cleric in the area.

    Gana said the suspect allegedly enticed the kids with soya bean cake, popularly called Beske, and a loaf of bread, before he took them to Flower Garden, about 20 kilometres from where the kids were having their meal.

    The NSCDC commandant said some charms, wrapped with black and white thread were found on the suspect when he was arrested.

     

  • NSCDC arrest 14 vandals in Bauchi

    NSCDC arrest 14 vandals in Bauchi

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said on Friday that it had arrested 14 suspected NNPC pipeline vandals in different parts of Bauchi State.

    Alhaji Shuayb Jibril, the Commander, NSCDC Bauchi State Command, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the vandals were arrested in the last six months in various local government areas.

    He said that Alkaleri, Toro, Bauchi and Kirfi local government areas were some of the places the suspects carried out their activities.

    He said that two of the suspects were arrested in Bara village of Kirfi Local Government Area where 28 jerry cans of 25 litres of petroleum products were confiscated from them.

    He said the vandals were apprehended while they were scooping fuel from pipes which they allegedly broke, adding that the jerry cans and four unregistered motorcycles were confiscated from them.

    He appealed to members of the public, especially community leaders, to always furnish the command with information on the activities of vandals.

    Jibril also appealed to the state government to look into the command’s request for the relocation of its headquarters. “We have to continue appealing for relocation. The place we occupy now is not suitable for our kind of operation.” We are really desperate to move out of this place,” he said.