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NIGERIA: Civil Defence Corps dissociates from arrested banditry suspect
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has said that it has no relationship with an acclaimed personnel arrested in connection with a group of armed bandits terrorizing some part of Koton Karfe Local Government Ara of Kogi State.
Director of Public Relations, NSCDC, Mr. Olusola Odumosu, a Deputy Commandant of the Corps (DCC), said this in a statement he issued and sent to the press from the Corps’ headquarters in Abuja on Monday.
DCC Odumosu, who said attention of the NSCDC’s management was drawn to a video clip that had already gone viral in relation to the suspect named as Abdullah Saidu, assured that as a Federal security agency saddled with the responsibility of protecting lives and property among others, “hence, would not in anyway condone any saboteur of National Security or sponsors of criminalities.”
He said: “Based on the aforementioned, the Corps wishes to inform the public that the purported video where the alleged suspect openly confessed to the crime did not in anyway give credence to or affirm his membership of the Corps as experience has shown that criminals are fond of impersonating security operatives in order to divert attention, subvert investigation or get away with the crime.
“However, due to the high premium placed on integrity, discipline and professionalism by management of the Corps, an intelligence based team has been set up to carry out thorough investigation on the matter and check available records to confirm the authenticity of his claim. Thereafter, the general public shall be adequately briefed on subsequent findings.
“We wish to reiterate that the Corps will continue to discharge it’s statutory mandates without compromise but with humility and integrity, while also synergizing with other sister agencies in combating all forms of criminalities in the Nation,” the statement said.
