Osun NSCDC Gives Marching Orders Against Crimininality

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun Command has given marching orders to its officers and personnel ensure the security of public space and also to guarantee a crime-free and enabling environment.

The Osun NSCDC Commandant, Sunday Agboola who handed down the orders also directed all Area Commanders and Divisional Officers to strengthen their operational capabilities in ensuring smooth security of the public space and to guarantee a crime-free enabling environment in the state.

While giving this charge during the monthly strategic meeting with Area Commanders and Divisional Officers in Osogbo, Agboola also stressed the need for officers to have a firm control of their respective jurisdiction.

“The activities of insurgents, kidnappers and bandits have crippled the nation’s economy.

"You need to be on your toes to smoke out criminally minded people in the society,” Commandant Agboola said.

The Osun NSCDC helmsman emphasized that officers must be emplaced at worship centres, markets and public places in the state in order to prevent attacks on such places.

He stressed the need for Area Commanders and Divisional Officers to have a good relationship with their immediate communities in order to gather credible intelligence that would help tackle various insecurity issues affecting the country.

He noted that intelligence is the bedrock of security agencies and it must be taken seriously.

“I urge you to go back and implement issues discussed,. It should be visible in your service delivery,” Commandant Agboola concluded.