By Abbanobi -Eku Onyeka
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed over 55,000 operatives across the country to safeguard critical national assets, infrastructure, and protect lives and properties during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. This move is aimed at enhancing the nation’s security architecture, as criminal elements often take advantage of festive periods to carry out sinister activities.
According to a press release from CSC Afolabi Babawale the Public Relations Officer NSCDC Headquarters Abuja on Tuesday, the NSCDC Commandant General (CG), Prof. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, emphasized that security threats like banditry, kidnapping, farmer-herder clashes, terrorism, and insurgency can be effectively tackled if citizens provide credible and sustained intelligence leading to the arrest of those posing threats to national security.
The deployment involves both covert and overt mobilization of personnel, with Zonal Commanders monitoring their formations and State Commandants coordinating Area Commands and Divisional offices. Prof. Audi urged the public to trust and collaborate with NSCDC by providing timely information to prevent crimes.
