“The members dress in security informs and have started unleashing mayhem on citizens” – NSCDC boss raises alarm over a ‘dangerous group’ in Nigeria

The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has raised the alarm over the presence of ‘a dangerous group’ causing mayhem in Nigeria. 

Audi disclosed this during the opening ceremony of the last Commandant General conference for the year 2022 with zonal commanders and state commandants of the Corps nationwide at the NSCDC headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, December 21, 2022.

The CG said the group was identified through an intelligence report at the disposal of the Corps.

“There is a dangerous group in town. The members dress in security informs and they have started unleashing mayhem on the citizens,” he stated. 

“So, we have to buckle up and fish these people out,” Audi said, calling on the top officers to live up to the expectations of the government by doing their job well.

The CG, while noting that the nation will be heading into the general election in a few weeks, said the Conference will devise a strategy to end the destruction of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s facilities.

He charged the zonal commanders and state commandants to work with sister agencies in ensuring the protection of government properties and public infrastructures in their respective states.

“We are going to hold commandants accountable if there is any attack on any INEC facility in their states,” Audi said.

He charged them to concentrate more on intelligence gathering, stressing that “preventing a crime is cheaper than curing it”.

The NSCDC boss also tasked the zonal commanders to coordinate their states effectively, adding that he would be expecting a minute-by-minute report on the situation in the states under their command.

He charged them to organise workshops to enlighten the personnel under their command on the need to observe the electoral laws, especially as enshrined in the new electoral act.