The commandant-general, Nigeria Security and
Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi
Gana Muhammadu, has said that the corps destroyed about another 15 illegal
refineries and dumps in Rivers State and
arrested 50 vandals.
Muhammadu who stated that this additional 15
illegal refineries brings the total figure of destroyed refineries in state, under his watch, to 450.
He commended the effort of his men and
officers nationwide, saying that the pro-activeness of the corps’ anti-vandal
squad in the Niger-Delta area and other oil communities, based on intelligence
report, aided in the clamping down of the illegal activities of the suspects
and brought about the feat.
Fielding questions from some select
journalists yesterday in Abuja,
Muhammadu revealed that plans to deploy 5,000 armed officers to guard about 300
cattle ranches to be established by the federal government nationwide has been
concluded. He revealed that they have established a control center at the
national headquarters that monitors pipelines in the South South region of the
country and have made very impressive
arrests.
The NSCDC boss explained that as a leading
agency in the protection of national assets, they are bent of meeting up with the various requests from the
minister of solid minerals resources and Ministry of Agriculture, both
requesting for 5,000 men as well as requests from Water Resources, Railway
Corporation and many others. He said
that 2,500 officers have so far
been deployed to provide security in areas liberated in the North East.
Responding to allegations of corruption in
the corps, Muhammadu dismissed the claims, insisting that he was operating a very transparent open door
policy.
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