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Ondo 2020: No Electoral Official Was Injured In Ilaje Boat Accident – NSCDC
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Saturday said the boat accident involving electoral official in Ilaje area of Ondo State did not injure anyone.
NSCDC Commandant in the state, Philip Ayuba disclosed this while speaking to Channels Television in Akure.
According to him, the unfortunate incident occurred last night when some ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were carrying some electoral materials in preparation for the governorship election in the state.
We thank God because, among those who that incident happened to, nobody died. We were told they were all rescued. We give glory to God, that is a good one,” he said.
“From the information, I got that some men were arrested and on that basis, I believe very soon, the men will be taken to our office here for further investigation.”
Earlier, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Rufus Oloruntoyin Akeju, who confirmed the incident, said the boat capsized on Friday night during the movement of “personnel and materials to the riverine Registration Areas of Ilaje Local Government Area (LGA).”
“Fortunately, all personnel and election materials were rescued when the boat capsized,” Akeju added.
The rescue efforts were carried out by personnel of the Nigerian Navy who escorted the boats.
The movement of the election materials and the personnel was eventually concluded and voting commenced as planned in all the polling units today.
October 11, 2020
NSCDC absolves officer from death of Abia man, condoles with family
By Samuel Ogenyi, Uyo
The Akwa Ibom State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has absolved one its officers of blame in the death of a man during a shooting incident in Umuokporo community, Obingwa local council of Abia State last Monday.
The Corps which expressed regret over the death of the deceased, Onyekachi Wogu and extended its condolences to the bereaved family however attributed the incident to accidental discharge.
State commandant of NSCDC, Mr Samuel Fadeyi said in a statement in Uyo yesterday that the deceased died as a result of gunshot wound sustained when struggling to disarm the officer who was on a security escort with two Chinese expatriates.
The said officer, Inspector Robinson Otobong is said to be on a protective assignment for a road construction company, CGGC Global projects, and it’s workers for the the rehabilitation of the Aba-Ikot Ekpene highway.
“On the 8th of September 2020 he was on a mobile protective assignment for two expatriates of CGGC in a Hilix vehicle in transit to Ikot Ekpene from Aba. They were on the Obingwa section at about 1630hrs when they got to a bad section of the road. In a bid to access the good portion of the road, they saw a barricade and some persons with shovels, matchets and sticks.
“Officer Robinson initially believed that they were community youths so he came down from the Hilux to talk to them and clear the barricade.Initially they allowed him but immediately they saw that he is escorting white expartriates, they became violent brandishing their weapons and seeking to disarm the officer inorder to get at the expatriates for whatever reasons.
“Sensing danger of harm to himself and abduction or harm of his principals, Robinson retreated but they surged at him with their cutlasses and shovels so much so that he had to fire a warning shot. The shot did not deter them as they rushed him with sticks, matchets and shovels, trying to disarm him.
“It was in the ensuing struggle that a second shot was fired and the leader of the mob who grabbed the nozzle of the gun was shot.At the time, the driver who had seen the hostility and heard the the gunshots had maneuvered the Hilux to Robinson to leave the scene with the expatriates but Robinson took compassion on the shot hoodlum and in a bid to save him he carried him into the Hilux and sped off in search of a hospital. Wogu was however pronounced dead on arrival unfortunately.” He explained.
Fadeyi further explained that the officer was however attacked by youths of the community who besieged the hospital where the deceased was taken to for medical attention with the assistance of some soilders.
“It is however in view of these happenings that I find it regrettable that it will be reported without verification that our officer recklessly shot the deceased in front of his compound. I believe the notoriety of this area is well known to travellers on that road and their history of violence even on security personnel is not hidden.” He said, referring to a press statement from the Abia State government.
The security driver of the Hilux vehicle Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi also corroborated the story and said the deceased was hit by bullet from the officer’s gun while he was trying to disarm him.
September 10, 2020
NSCDC Arrests Five Over Abotio , Rape
By Ahmad Ibrahim, Gusau
The Nigeria Security and Civil Depence Corps (NSCDC), Zamfara State Command, has arrested five persons for alleged illegal abortion and rape.
The sector commander of the NSCDC in the state, Alhaji Aliyu Garba stated this during a press briefing in his office, in Gusau.
Garba explained that, four suspects, inclusive of a pregnant girl, we’re arrested in connection with criminal conspiracy and carrying out an illegal abortion.
According to him, those arrested include, the pregnant Sharifa Isiya, 15 and her mother, Fatima Yakubu, 40, who hail from Balgari Village.
Also arrested were two health workers, Bello Yari and Mukhtar Usman from Bakura.
The Commandant said that the arrest was made possible, following a report from officials Of the Hisba Commission in Bakura in July.
He said that the officials reported that Yakubu and his daughter conspired with Yari, a staff nurse with the general Hospital, Talata Mafara and Mukhtar Usman, a ward orderly at the general Hospital, to abort Isiya’s seven- monts-old pregnancy.
He said that during the investigation, the aborted foetus, which was tied and covered in a nylon bag, was discovered in Fatima’s room at Balgari Village.
The NSCDC boss also said that some pharmaceutical and surgical equipment were also found in the room.
Meanwhile, the command has also arrested one Bashir Sani, 35 from Dogon Dabino area in Gusau, for an alleged rape of 10- year- old girl (Name withhey).
The Commandant said that Sani was arrested following a complaint brought to the command that he lured the girl with N10,
Speaking to Newsmen, the suspect denied the allegation, but medical reports from sexual Assault and Referral centre, Gusau confirmed there was penetration into the victim.
Garba Aliyu said that all the five suspects would be charged to court when the command conclude investigation.
Garba advised parents and guardians to be vigilant about the movement and where about of their children and wards.
August 23, 2020
Eid-el-Kabir: NSCDC deploys 2,000 personnel in Edo
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Edo Command, has deployed 2,000 personnel for special operations for the Eid-el-Kabir celebration in the state.
State Commandant of the corps, Mr Makinde Ayinla, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin, on Wednesday that the personnel were deployed to places of worship, markets, recreational areas, correctional service centres, as well as highways for hitch free celebration.
He also said that surveillance patrol teams have equally been drafted to places of human gathering to monitor activities of criminal elements who may want to disturb the peace of the state.
He explained that the command counter terrorist unit has been placed on red alert to tackle any act of terrorism that may rear its face anytime.
He said that the crisis management unit has also been positioned to control and regulate free flow of traffic and prevent accident.
The commandant called on residents of the state to be conscious of their environment and remain vigilant at all times.
He called on residents to report any suspicious movement of persons to the law enforcement agents, while also appealing to parents and guardians to monitor the activities of their children and wards.
He also advised the youths to be law abiding and shun any act of lawlessness and violence.
He warned that the command would deal with criminal elements in the state in accordance with the law.
Ayinla called on Muslim faithful to continue in the spirit of love, sacrifice and peaceful coexistence as they celebrate the Eld-el-kabir. (NAN)
July 30, 2020
Imo NUJ demands apology from state Assembly, NSCDC over assault on journalists
Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Imo State Council, has demanded an unreserved apology from authorities of the Imo State House of Assembly and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, over the rising wave of brutal attacks on journalists in the state by some overzealous security operatives and politicians.
The union declared that it would no longer tolerate any such cruelty in the future insisting that those supposedly aggrieved as a result of a news report, should not take laws into their hands by resorting to violent attacks on the reporters.
In a statement issued at the weekend by the council in reaction to the recent physical assault on its members, Mr Ike Nwosu of the Eastern Lead Newspaper and Mr Ndubueze Nwokoma of the Newspoint.
The statement signed by the state chairman, Comrade Chris Akaraonye and the secretary, Comrade Juliet Dim, decried the alleged brutal attacks and manhandling of Mr Nwosu and Nwokoma by aides to the member representing Oguta state constituency, Hon. Frank Ugboma and the Civil Defence.
Akaraonye, who hinted that the union was investigating the circumstances surrounding the separate attacks, particularly flayed the NSCDC operative who allegedly attacked Nwokoma with the butt of his rifle and thereby inflicted bodily injury on him.
The union described the attacks as unwarranted and recalled that Imo public still remember with pains the gruesome killing of a 2019 senatorial candidate of the Action Alliance, AA, Hon. Ndubuisi Emenike, by a trigger-happy operative of the NSCDC.
“It was alleged that aides to the member representing Oguta State Constituency, Hon. Frank Ugboma manhandled and inflicted bodily injuries to Ike Nwosu at the House of Assembly complex over a news report that did not go down well with the lawmaker.
“Also, we have been briefed of the physical assault on Ndubueze Nwokeoma by a security personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, for allegedly parking his car in a wrong place.
The leadership of NUJ, Imo State Council, wishes to state that we condemn any physical assault on journalists, especially our members by security agents or overzealous aides of anybody no matter the level of provocation.
“The leadership and members of the NUJ in Imo State will no longer tolerate any further attack on our members and other media practitioners no matter the level of grievances.
“In the interim, the leadership of the NSCDC and Imo State House of Assembly should take responsibility for the treatment of our colleagues while we seek for peaceful resolutions on the issues. We also demand an unreserved apology for the physical assaults on our members,” partly the statement read.
The chairman disclosed that the union had commenced a process to revalidate its members in the state, and assured of the continued cooperation of the union in moving the state forward.
June 22, 2020
COVID-19: NSCDC sensitises, distributes foodstuff to Abuja communities
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has taken its sensitisation campaigns to some rural communities in the Federal Capital Territory.
Mr Emmanuel Okeh, NSCDC spokesperson, in a statement said the Corps Commandant General, Mr Muhammad Gana, started the sensitisation programme at Nwalege, Gui and Sauka communities in Abuja.
Gana said that the assignment of the Corps in containing the COVID-19 pandemic was enforcement, adding that about 9,500 personnel have been deployed across the country.
He noted that though some areas in the country are not aware of the virus, the Corps had been going round to sensitise them.
“We have gone round ensuring that these people are aware and adequately informed of the virus in the country.
“We have shared sanitisers, we have gone round making sure that we have drums of buckets with running tap in the market places and enlighten them on personal hygiene.
“I got an information lately that the Management staff voluntarily contributed over one million Naira to buy foodstuffs for distribution to indigent persons to cushion the effect of the lockdown as parts of measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic,“ he said.
Gana appreciated the public on the level of compliance as regard the lockdown in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun.
Earlier, Mrs Lucy Fakoya, one of the NSCDC officers, while addressing the Nwalege community, said there was the need for the community to maintain good hygiene.
Fakoya noted that keeping social distancing, washing of hands and applying sanitisers were the major ways of protection against the virus.
“I want to urge you all today to ensure that your hands are clean always. Wash your hands under a running tap and apply sanitiser thereafter.
“Ensure you keep social distancing and avoid crowded gatherings because these are the things that could make you contract the Virus,” she said.
The items distributed include rice, groundnut oil, salt and tomato paste. (NAN)
April 10, 2020
Easter: NSCDC C-G appeals for peaceful celebration
Abdullahi Gana, The Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has called on Christians to pray for the peace in the nation during the Easter and appealed for a peaceful celebration.
Gana, who made the appeal on Wednesday in Abuja, also tasked Christians to ask for God’s divine intervention on the COVID-19, ravaging the world.
The commandant-general felicitated with them on the occasion, adding that they should live the exemplary life as preached by Christ, who sacrificed himself for the sins and redemption of mankind.
He noted that Easter comes with fasting, praying and admonishing for the atonement of sin, reconciliation, tolerance and making peace with one another.
“Therefore, Easter festivity should not be seen as a time of merriment and funfare alone but should be seen as a time of tolerating one another irrespective of religious differences,’’ he said in a statement by the Corps spokesman, Emmanuel Okeh.
Gana urged Christian leaders to use the occasion to enlighten their followers on the reality of COVID-19 and the benefit that would be derived from the “stay-at-home’’ directive by the government.
Gana directed all state commands to carry out massive deployment of personnel to beef up security across the nation during the period.
He said they should complement the deployment with sniffer dogs, specialised units such as Special Force, Counter Terrorism, Ambulances and Surveillance team in strategic areas.
Gana also directed the commands to ensure the protection of critical infrastructure within their localities.
He charged the personnel to work in synergy with sister agencies, saying that the corps would not tolerate any form of sabotage and crisis between them and the other agencies over issues that could be avoided.
He vowed that there would be no hiding place for vandals, illegal oil bunkerers, oil thieves and operatives of illegal private guard companies.
April 8, 2020
COVID-19: NSCDC deploys 150 personnel to enforce restriction order in Ondo
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC), Ondo State Command, says it has deployed 150 personnel to monitor all major markets and neighbouring border in line with the government’s directives on border closure in the state.
Philip Ayuba, State Commandant, NSCDC, made the disclosure in a statement signed by the Command’s Spokesperson, Asc. Olufemi Omole, on Tuesday in Akure.
Ayuba explained that the officers were deployed in a joint operations with other security agencies to enforce the border closure in Ore, Ilaje, Ese-Odo, Ondo West, Supare, Owena- Igbara Oke, Akoko North East and Akoko South West Local Government of the state.
According to him, the command is in total compliance to the Federal Government order and the directive of the state government on lockdown of markets and border closure in the state as precautionary measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
“In compliance with the Federal Government directive on stay at home, and border closure and lockdown by state government, NSCDC Ondo State Command has deployed 150 officers and men to various borders across the state.
“The officers and men in the Disaster Management Department have also been strategically deployed to designated locations of the state to create awareness and sensitise the general public on preventive measures to control the spread of Coronavirus in the state,” Ayuba said.
He, therefore, called on the public to comply with the stay-at-home order and also imbibe hygienic practices such as frequent washing of hands with soap and water, use of medically certified hand sanitisers, maintaining social distance and avoid over crowding, amongst others.
OFDur correspondent reports that the state government on Thursday ordered the closure of all roads that linked the state with neighbouring states.
The state government had on Monday, March 23, ordered the closure of all markets and motor parks as part of the measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
April 7, 2020
DPR calls for cooperation between IPMAN, NSCDC in Osun
Osogbo, Feb. 20, 2020 The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Osogbo, Field Office, has called for harmonious relationship between the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Osun.
Mr Olusegun Daboh, DPR Operations Controller, made the call during a tripartite meeting between the agency, NSCDC and IPMAN on Thursday in Osogbo.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there had been crisis between IPMAN and NSCDC over alleged fuel diversion by IPMAN and extortion by officials of NSCDC.
This led to a partial strike by IPMAN, which was later called off after the intervention of Gov. Gboyega Oyetola
Daboh said since IPMAN and NSCDC were major stakeholders in monitoring and distribution of petroleum products in the state, there was need for them to work harmoniously.
The operations controller said DPR, being the regulatory body for oil and gas industry, would continue to ensure harmonious relationship among all the major stakeholders.
He urged IPMAN members to always follow laid down rules in the oil sector, noting that this would assist the security operatives do their jobs effectively.
Daboh said the meeting was called to ensure that peace and harmony reigned in the state.
In his remarks, Mr Adeniyi Odetunde, Osun IPMAN Chairman, said the allegation of fuel diversion by NSDC against members of the association was false.
Odetunde said his members always indicated on the waybill at the depot the location where the fuel was being taken to.
He, however, said the association would continue to work with security operatives, especially NSCDC, toward harmonious relationship.
In his response, Mr Adeyinka Oguntuase, the Osun NSCDC Commandant, said the agency would continue to work with IPMAN in ensuring peaceful relationship in the state.
Oguntuase said what happened between his officials and IPMAN was a mere misunderstanding that needed not be escalated.
He said what the corps was doing was to ensure that petroleum tanker drivers and IPMAN followed laid down rules in the oil and gas industry.
Oguntuase said the corps would continue to ensure harmonious relationship with IPMAN leadership and its members.
He also urged them to avoid fuel diversion and always put correct information on their waybill to avoid arguments.
February 20, 2020
NSCDC vows to clamp down illegal private security outfits in Ondo
The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has vowed to clamp down on illegal and unlicensed private security guard outfits operating in the state.
The Commandant of the Corps, Mr Philip Ayuba, stated this at a forum with the state chapter of the Association of Licensed Private Security Practitioners of Nigeria (ALPSPN), on Thursday in Akure.
Ayuba called on the association to report illegal private guard companies operating in the state for necessary actions.
“NSCDC will invoke its powers to seal off security companies that are not licensed or trained by us.
“We will also arrest and prosecuted such companies according to the law,’’ he said.
Ayuba said the corps would provide necessary support and administrative framework to all licensed private guard companies.
He commended them for their contributions toward fighting insecurity in the state.
Also speaking, Mr Tunde Akande, the spokesman of the ALPSPN, lauded the commandant for his role in ensuring security in the state.
Akande urged members of the association to ensure that their personnel were trained by the corps.
February 6, 2020