Civil Defence arrests 351 suspects, trains 500 mediators

The Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu, has said that between January 2018 till date his agency has arrested about 351 suspected vandals of critical infrastructure and economic saboteurs across the states. Out of this number, the CG said 62 suspects have been convicted while 289 under prosecution.
Gana made the revelation during the visit of the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Interior Dr. Muhammed Umar and his team for an over sight and familiarization tour of the corps facilities.
He said his agency s trained and certified over 500 chartered mediators and conciliators by the United Nations in order to mediate in crisis situations in several communities and also set up peace clinics in most of the crisis ravaged communities. Gana reiterated that, apart from disaster management which is the corps main function internationally, it also responsible for the protection of critical infrastructure, as well as repositioning, professionalising and licensing of the private guards company for effective performance in order to compliment the role of the regular security agencies of government.
Reacting Ministry of Interior Permanent Secretary Dr. Muhammed Umar, appreciated the effort of the corps in stemming the tide of insecurity in the nation especially the deployment to the North-east to take over liberated towns and to win the peace. He also commended the Corps and the level of synergy with other services especially the relationship with the Armed Forces and the involvement in the various Task Forces.
He however assured the corps of complete support at all times in ensuring that the challenges faced by the corps and the requests made will be looked into considering the fact that the Corps assignment does not infringe on that of others and the Corps its suppose to be everywhere to fill in the gap where others could not reach due to its civil nature. He assured that there should be more robust synergy between the NSCDC and NEMA as well as the police in tackling and enhancing internal security.
However, he promised to request on behalf of the Corps for a special fund to enable the Corps discharge her functions without hitches. The Commandant General welcomed the visiting team and took them round for sightseeing of the projects and achievements recorded so far.

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