Insecurity: NSCDC FCT Commandant summons area commanders, others

The Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Olusola Odumosu, has tasked all the Area Commanders and Divisional Officers on the urgent need to end the current threats to security in the FCT.

He charged the officers when he summoned them to an emergency meeting at the Command headquarters, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja on Wednesday. 

Odumosu noted that the disturbance of peace and order in the FCT calls for more proactive interactions with residents, engagements with various stakeholders and action that would yield the desired results in the society.

He charged the Area Commanders and Divisional Officers to use intelligence gathering as a critical tool in addressing the growing insecurity in FCT, saying they could no longer continue to be reactive but should rather be proactive.

Public Relations of the Command, Idoko Samuel, in a statement said the Commandant also warned the officers that their continuous occupation of their various offices would henceforth be determined by their level of performances.

Speaking further, Odumosu tasked the officers to furnish his office with daily intelligence and situation reports which would assist in fighting crimes and bring criminality to the barest minimum in different parts of the FCT.

“We are responsible for the enforcement of peace and order and because of this, the citizens are looking up to us for the protection of their lives and property.

“The Hon Minister of the FCT has also charged all security agencies in the FCT to bring an end to the lingering insecurity in the FCT and we must not disappoint.

“Therefore we must rise to the occasion by maximising our human capital and being more intelligence driven to stay ahead of the enemies,” the Commandant said. 

The NSCDC boss enjoined the Area Commanders and the Divisional Officers who are mostly domiciled at the suburbs to work closely with the local communities, especially the traditional rulers, the local chiefs, youth groups, the hunters, vigilantes and other well meaning Nigerians to bring an end to kidnapping and other forms of crime in the FCT.

“The NSCDC is a grassroot organization, we have offices close to the people. We should therefore take advantage of this to get intelligence from amongst them. 

“The perpetrators of crime and criminality are not ghosts, credible intelligence is one of the most efficient ways to fish them out so that they can be made to face the full weight of the law” Odumosu said.