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FCT NSCDC Captured 111 Suspects in 3 Months
Between January and March, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, or NSCDC, FCT Command, detained 111 people they suspected to be criminals.
In an interview with reporters on Sunday in Abuja, the Commandant, Olusola Odumosu, stated as much. He added that 102 suspects had been detained for illegal mining, while nine suspects had been detained for damaging public property.
He claimed that when the suspects were arraigned in court, some had already been found guilty and others were either being held on bond or were the subject of more investigation.
Odumosu added that the court had cleared and released one of the suspects.
The commandant listed the suspects in order of appearance in court: Munkalu Yakubu and forty-one other people are accused of mining gold illegally in Dai village, Kwali Area Council.
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“There is also an alleged case of illegal mining of gold against one Ibrahim Talasne and 52 others as well as an alleged case of illegal mining of precious stones by one Saidu Ismail and six others who were arrested at CITEC area in Idu,” he said.
He added that the command also arrested some suspects for vandalizing public infrastructure.
“One Yakubu Mati was arrested while vandalising railway line armored cable at a metro railway station in Idu.
“Similarly, Anthong Batoulumen and three others were arrested for vandalising armored cable at Mabushi.
“Obadiah Ezekiel was also arrested for vandalizing a shop at Games Village while Wodi Sunday, Habib Mohammed, and Jibirin Idris were arrested for vandalising telecommunication assets and theft,” he added.
According to Odumosu, among the items taken from the suspects were gold substance, an abandoned telecommunication pole, a pumping equipment, armored wires, and liters of petrol.
He said that seven people had been taken into custody by the command’s intelligence unit for allegedly manufacturing illicit firearms.
The commandant issued a warning against damaging vital national infrastructure and assets, threatening to bring the full force of the law down on anyone found out.
He gave his word that civil defense workers would step up their efforts to make the FCT extremely difficult for criminals to enter and safe.
Odumosu consequently urged locals to be aware of their surroundings for security risks and to notify law enforcement of any suspicious activity.
The country’s bank compliance officers have received a call from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) asking them to stop disclosing to their clients about the EFCC’s investigative operations.
This statement was made by the commission’s executive chairman, Ola Olukoyede, in a meeting with bank compliance officers in the capital of Oyo State, Ibadan.
Olukoyede stated that the commission is aware that certain compliance officers are providing information to customers. He made this statement through ACE I Hauwa Garba Ringim, Acting Zonal Director of the EFCC’s Ibadan Zonal Command.
He bemoaned the unhealthy backing that Nigerian banks give scammers.
The head of the commission emphasized that the commission is facing many difficulties and worries as a result of this act.
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He claims that the EFCC is aware that compliance officers inform their clients about “letters of investigation activities” that the EFCC has sent to banks.
He maintained that these kinds of actions typically compromise financial crime investigations and postpone the filing of court proceedings pertaining to corruption.
He bemoaned the unhealthy backing that Nigerian banks give to fraudsters, emphasizing that the Commission is facing significant difficulties and worries as a result.
In order to speed the investigation process and bring the case to a logical conclusion, the head of the EFCC further advised the agency to always reply to letters received from the Commission with certified true copies, including instruments of transactions of beneficiaries or sources.
Speaking further, Olukoyede insisted that illicit transactions and naira-denominated trading with Point-of-sale (POS) operators had to end.
“What we notice and see around lately is that Nigerians can only withdraw a small amount of their money with the banks in Automated Teller Machine (ATMs) but POS operators evidently go around with huge amounts of money gotten from the banks.
“This is not fair to Nigerians and we must fight it head-on.”
The National Assembly and the Federal Government have been asked to immediately control in the abuses of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kaduna by the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Kaduna State branch.
Speaking to reporters in Kaduna on Friday, Pharm. Sunday Ali Okoh, the Chairman of PSN Kaduna State branch, bemoaned the abuses of the NDLEA and urged the National Assembly and the presidency to step in.
In Okoh’s opinion, the Agency occasionally impeded and hindered their roles in an unnecessarily illegal and unprofessional manner.
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He clarified that while the group understood the agency’s responsibilities to apprehend and prosecute drug dealers, they did not intend to obstruct pharmacists from performing their legally mandated duties.
In his words, “All over the planet earth, the rights to medications (life) are fundamental.”
It is worthy of note that pharmacists are licensed to import, export, mix, compound, prepare, dispense, counsel, sell, procure and distribute drugs, (PCN Act 2022,).”
“Time without number, the NDLEA has unduly, illegally and unprofessionally obstructed and hindered these life saving roles only to feather their nests, exploit Nigerians, collect bribes and force their victims to give assent that bail is free after collecting millions of Naira,” he claimed. He claimed that agents of the law have turned into lawbreakers.
He explained, “Pharmacists are legal entities and many patients’ medication are stored with them; sealing up pharmacists is as good as denying the citizens their right to life.”
On Friday morning, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle landed in Nigeria to begin their 72-hour visit.
The couple took a British Airways aircraft and arrived at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.
The Daily Mail claims that the flight, which arrived at around five in the morning, was delayed due to a sick pilot.
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Yesterday, the Duchess of Sussex took a plane to Heathrow to meet her husband at the airport’s private Windsor Suite.
Harry and Meghan are traveling to Nigeria together for the first time.
Other passengers were pulled over as they were led into a waiting van that had been completely darkened.
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