The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Lagos State Command on
Monday said it has arrested 60 persons involved in oil and pipeline vandalism within
five months.
The Commandant, Gabriel Abafi made
this statement at the State’s Command Headquarters, Alausa, Ikeja, during the
review of the Corps’ activities since the beginning of 2015.
Abafi said: “The Anti-Vandalism Unit
of the command has arrested over 60 suspected vandals. They were involved in
vandalism of some infrastructures of the government, especially petroleum
pipelines and installations. Despite the Face Off we had at Owutu Isawo area of
Ikorodu with suspected pipeline vandals in the month of January, where three of
our personnel were abducted by the vandals, the Corps has, in collaboration
with other security agencies ensured that sanity is restored in the area.
“The vandals are becoming more
sophisticated in their mode of operations, but this will not deter the Corps
from carrying out its statutory functions!”
According to the Commandant, the
Corps had been equipped to fight vandals and it wouldn’t shy away from such
battle. He added that the Federal Government had also provided logistics to
ensure 24 hours surveillance on government infrastructures.
Revealing that the Corps also has an Anti-Fraud Unit, Abafi
said that the Unit was currently handling about 20 fraud cases.
He noted: “One of the cases has to do with visa scam. The
suspect collected the sum of N210, 000 from the victim, identified as Mrs. Ike
Kehinde. The suspect, a lady, promised Mrs. Kehinde that she would get visa for
her to travel to the United States. The suspect is still at large and
investigation is ongoing to fish her out.”
He said that in the month under review, the Peace and
Conflict Resolution Unit handled over 13 cases, ranging from landlord/tenant
conflicts, family disputes, breach of public peace, child abuse and breach of
contractual agreement.
“Out of these cases, some have been resolved while the rest
are still pending," said Abafi.
He applauded the efforts of all
other security agencies for working hand in hand with NSCDC in fighting crimes in the country.
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