Tackle new waves of organised crimes —NSCDC boss tells Commandants

By Tobias Lengnan Dapam

The Commandant General, Nigeria and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abubakar Audi has told the Commandants of the corps to tackle new waves of crimes across the country.

Audi, stated this on Thursday at the headquarters of the corps in Abuja, during the Commandant General’s conference for the year.

“Let me further remind you of our role in checkmating the activities of these outlaws, and the need to add bite to our operations to effectively tackle the new dimension of organized crimes for a safe and secure Nigeria.

“In this direction, I want to charge you as directing officers to redouble your efforts and remain resolute to our avowed commitment to extinguish the flame of insecurity and make the environment unsafe and unconducive for criminal elements and those with criminal tendencies.

“We should also have it at the back of our minds that if we must succeed in this war against insurgency, kidnapping etc. We must collaborate effectively and maintain cordiality with relevant stakeholders. You are therefore expected not only to sustain but improve on existing robust relationships and synergy with the Military, Police and other Law Enforcement Agencies to effectively tackle the emerging security threat staring us in the face.”

He said, for the Corps to effectively address the menace of insecurity, “I want to emphasize on the need for us to focus more attention on intelligence gathering as a proactive measure.

“To this end, the Management is perfecting arrangement to introduce series of training and capacity building programmes on surveillance and intelligence gathering for the Corps personnel to sharpen their skills and competencies to further add bite to their operational capabilities. In addition, we have embarked on massive equipment drive to further boost the capacity of the Corps personnel.”