NSCDC deploys 1,200 personnel to liberated Borno communities

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed 1,200 personnel to restore civil authority in liberated local government areas of Borno State.
Commandant-General of NSCDC, Abdullahi Gana, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri, said about 1,100 of the officers were from Borno and the others from Yobe and Gombe corps.
He said: “I am here in response to the directive of the Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen.
Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd), that we should deploy men to facilitate the return of civic authority communities liberated from Boko Haram.
“The move is aimed at building confidence and resilience of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to return home.
It is also to reassure them that peace has returned so they can go back and continue their farming activities.
“I am also here to inaugurate the movement of our men.
We did it in 2015, when we deployed about 1,000 personnel to seven liberated communities.
“So this is the second time and we want to ensure that the liberated councils are properly secured,” The officers deployed include special armed squad and counterterrorism squad; anti-riot squad; bomb detection and disposal unit, Intelligence and detection unit, as well as rescue and medical team.