PRESIDENT JONATHAN SACKS SULEIMAN ABBA, APPOINTS ARASE AS ACTING IGP

Solomon Arase / Suleiman Abba

PRESIDENT JONATHAN SACKS SULEIMAN ABBA, APPOINTS ARASE AS ACTING IGP
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has relieved the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba of his appointment and duties with immediate effect.

President Jonathan has also appointed Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase as Acting Inspector-General of Police, also with immediate effect.
Until his appointment as Mr. Abba’s replacement, Mr. Arase was the Head of the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department.

Mr. Arase holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Law, as well as  Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Political Science and Strategic Studies.
He is also a Fellow of the Nigerian Defence College.

Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
April 21, 2015

Private Security Companies cannot hire Foreigners

Ayeni made the disclosure in Ibadan, while declaring open a three-day training workshop for PGCs in the state. Adebayo Ayeni, Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Oyo State, on Tuesday, said Private Guards Companies (PGCs) were not permitted to hire foreigners.

The commandant, who spoke on “Private Guards and Security Aids”, said the law empowered the NSCDC to monitor the activities of PGCs, including their processes of recruiting officers.
“We are to ensure that your officers are properly selected and adequately trained.
“Let me remind you that you are not permitted under the law to recruit foreigners in whatever capacity, more so with the current security challenge in the country.”
The NSCDC boss, however, urged participants to see themselves as grassroots security personnel, who must develop wide surveillance beyond their immediate environments.
“Don’t restrict yourselves to places you are assigned to secure alone, please go ahead and poke-nose into the next building, because whatever goes on there might affect you.
“Once you notice anything strange, you are not to wait a second before you make your report.’’
Abraham Fagbemi, Deputy Commandant and Head of Department of the NSCDC Private Guard Company Unit, told participants that they would be trained on the usage of different security tools and equipment.
“You are to also demand from your employers, tools that can be useful for your self-defence and the defence of other peoples’ lives and property.”
NAN reports that the workshop, which had 140 participants, would close on Thursday

Glo Premier League: Civil Defence presence excites Fans, Officials

THE League Management Company’s (LMC) pact with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) got off to a good start in Umuahia where Abia Warriors hosted Kaduna United in one of the opening games of the 2013/14 Glo Premier League season.

  The ‘Red side of Abia,’ as Abia Warriors are now known, won 2-0 with goals from Uluocha Chima and Bishop Onyeudo. And fans, club officials, players and football administrators in separate comments commended the added security measures introduced by the LMC in conjunction with the NSCDC.

  Abia Warriors were having their initiation game in the Glo Premier League, but left no one in doubt of their intentions to retain a place in top flight league with the recruitment of seasoned campaigners such as Ogbonna Okemiri, Wasiu Sowemimo, Emmanuel Fabiyi, Chidozie Johnson and Onyekachi Okoye, amongst others.

NSCDC Seizes Truck Containing 75 Bags of Petrol

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) has seized a truck containing 75 bags of Premium Motor Spirit, also called fuel, estimated to be up to 34,000 litres.

The seizure is a major breakthrough in the war against petroleum vandalism and illegal trading of the product.

At the headquarters of the NSCDC in Lagos, where the impounded truck is currently being kept, the Lagos State Commandant of the security agency, Mr Clement Adesuyi, said that the sack used in the illegal business was a new innovation that the agency had discovered.

The petroleum product was poured into nylon bags, well tied to guard against leakages and stacked into sacks.

We have done well in 2013, says Civil Defence Corps

Dr Ade Abolurin

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has done a good job in 2013 and needs the collaboration of all Nigerians for a stronger fight against the activities of vandals in the country, the paramilitary body said in a statement on Saturday.
NSCDC Commandant General, Dr. Ade Abolurin, was quoted as saying that with all the achievements his men recorded this year, the body has justified its existence in Nigeria.
The body disclosed in the statement signed by its PRO CSC Okeh Emmanuel that this year alone, it has arrested over 1,590 oil related suspected criminals and is currently prosecuting 1,549 of them while 44 of the suspects have been convicted already.

Police kills two NSCDC officials, shoot five

Gabriel Adaji

Policemen in Ikorodu area of Lagos State have been accused of killing two officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps.
It was learnt that five other NSCDC officials sustained gun shot wounds during the incident which occurred around midnight.
Reliable sources at the NSCDC told our correspondent that the slain officials, Gabriel Adaji and Innocent Akegbe, were on duty with their colleagues when they had an altercation with the police.
A senior NSCDC official, who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity, said, "Around midnight, a team of NSCDC officials had just arrested some suspected vandals during a raid.
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