Anambra: NSCDC arrests eight fake private guards, recovers weapons

The Anambra State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested eight persons for operating as private guards illegally and also recovered four pump action guns with 16 live cartridges from them.

The Anambra State Commandant of the NSCDC, Olatunde Maku, said the suspects were arrested in a recent crackdown on unlicensed private security guards in Awka.

Maku, while parading the suspects at the agency’s headquarters in Awka, on Friday, said the NSCDC as the regulatory body of the private security guards, remained committed to checkmating the activities of private security guards operating without approval, especially in the light of the present security challenges.

He said, “We are here in continuation of the execution of the NSCDC mandate and we have not left any stone unturned in discharging our responsibilities. The charge given to me by the Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, is to go and deliver on the core mandate of the corps in Anambra State.

“These suspects were apprehended following a raid carried out earlier on Thursday, April 25, 2024, by operatives of NSCDC in Awka, Anambra state. The first three suspects, staff of RSS, were arrested at Kwata Junction in Awka. Punch