The Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu has said that impounded five vessels used for illegal oil bunkering by the Nigerian Navy have been handed over to the Corps for necessary legal action as the lead Agency in-charge of Protection of Critical Infrastructure and National Assets in Nigeria.
Gana
made this disclosure when he received the Commander Naval Unit,
Commodore Ngolmo Poyilma Aliyu in his office at the Corps National
Headquarters, Abuja.
The NSCDC boss
acknowledged the existing collaborations and enviable synergy between
the Corps and the Nigerian Navy, especially in the fight against illegal
bunkering, oil theft and vandalism.
He said
that: "the Navy as one of the stakeholders has arrested suspects and
impounded their vessels and ship which have always being handed over to
the Corps for investigation and prosecution in line with our mandate."
Abdullahi
Gana also said that the Corps which is in charge of the registration,
regulation, monitoring of the Private Guards industry, is working
towards ensuring that criminal elements are not recruited as private
guards.
He further disclosed that he is poised
to transform the private guard industry to an enviable position that
could attract qualified and able Nigerians into the profession.
According
to him: "this is to ensure that as the Third Tier of Security, the
Private Guards companies play complementary role to the regular Security
Agencies of Government in line with the UN Charter which which
emphasises the need for one policeman to 400 people for effecive
policing of the society."
In the area of
Disaster Management, he said the Corps as one of the critical
stakeholder have put in place lots of mechanism for timely intervention
during emergency situations, rescue operations, early warning alert
signal and mitigation.
Commodore Ngolmo Poyilma
Aliyu responding said his visit is to call for synergy and
collaboration in fighting crime within the Federal Capital Territory and
environs.
Aliyu asserted that the Nigerian
Navy is one of the organization that believe in synergy and respects the
function of other Agencies of Government. He pointed out that, instead
of unhealthy rivalry, partnership in fighting crime is more desirable.
Ngolmo
stated that, considering the role of the Corps in the Protection of
Critical Infrastructure and National Assets, he posited that the Corps
has performed creditability well, in this vein, he appealed for
collaboration in tackling the hydra headed crime, as well as fighting
insurgency.
He called on all Agencies to see
each other as one considering the fact that, all are creation of the
Federal Government established to fight a common cause.
The
blissful Commandant General while appreciating the August visitors
assured them of the Corps continuous relationship, using the occasion to
call on the Nigerian Navy to keep assisting the NSCDC to grow.
Deputy Commandant of Corps
Head of Public Relations NSCDC
Abuja
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