The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested up to 350 suspected vandals in 2015 alone, Commandant General of the Corps has said.
The NSCDC boss, Ade Abolurin disclosed this while addressing senior personnel of the Corps in Abuja last week in a meeting designed to step up strategies against vandalism and oil bunkering.
He said 250 vandals were arrested directly by his men while 100 others were arrested by other security agencies and were handed over to the Corps.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested up to 350 suspected vandals in 2015 alone, Commandant General of the Corps has said.
The NSCDC boss, Ade Abolurin disclosed this while addressing senior personnel of the Corps in Abuja last week in a meeting designed to step up strategies against vandalism and oil bunkering.
He said 250 vandals were arrested directly by his men while 100 others were arrested by other security agencies and were handed over to the Corps.
Abolurin added that 35 of them have been prosecuted and are currently serving their jail terms which ranges from one to 30 years.
Meanwhile, the Commandant General has expressed worries that "International cartels" have taken over the crime of vandalism and oil bunkering in Nigeria.
"They now carry out their activities through the rivers from Ondo or Kogi to Ikorodu to Badagry to Cotonou and then to Cote d'Ivoire or Ghana."
He, therefore, hinted that the Corps will soon deploy high tech devices, including helicopters to contain the ugly development.
"Every government has its own programme; this new government is also concerned and worried about vandalism. So, there is a need for us to come together and restrategise especially now that the vandals have become a cartel," added Abolurin.
Also, Abolurin denied any wrong doing in the last promotion exercise that was carried out in the organisation last month.
Some personnel of the Corps have expressed dissatisfaction with the way the promotion exercise was carried out, alleging that some personnel were given priority over others.
But the Commandant General said "promotion is not a right but privilege," stressing that their complaints were based on ignorance.
He said criteria like federal character and availability of vacancies have to be considered before promoting any personnel.
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