The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC has deployed 28,300 personnel to adequately secure Nigeria’s Critical National Asset and Infrastructure, CNAI ahead of the Yuletide celebration.
This is contained in a statement by NSCDC Spokesperson, Afolabi Babawale, on Friday in Abuja.
Babawale said the deployed operatives were drawn from the crack squad, special force, intelligence department, anti-vandal and other operations units.
He said the deployment was necessary to prevent economic saboteurs from ripping the nation of its resources.
The spokesperson said the operatives were directed to identify and protect flash points such as recreational centres, religious gatherings, motor parks, shopping malls and other areas.
He said that the NSCDC Commandant-General, CG, Ahmed Audi, charged all Zonal and State Commandants on the need to step up their information-gathering techniques.
Audi warned the state heads to be proactive in tackling vandalism as no case of destruction of CNAI in any formation would be tolerated.
“This is our statutory mandate so all hands must be on deck as we approach the end of the year as you are aware criminal-minded persons often take advantage of festive seasons to perpetrate their nefarious activities.
“I therefore charge you to brighten your eagle eyes and reinvigorate your intelligence tactics as this would make you more proactive than reactive,” he said.
The CG affirmed that the Christmas and New Year celebrations would be hitch-free while urging the public to give credible intelligence to the Corps and other security agencies to effect the arrest of suspected criminals.
