By Valentine Amanze
The Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu, has ordered a massive manhunt for the killers of an officer of the Corps in Rivers State at the weekend.
The commandant general also condemned the dastardly and cowardly act, which resulted in the death of Chief Corps Assistant, Godwin Mbula.
The incident, according to a statement by the Media Assistant to the Commandant General, Ekunola Gbenga, happened in the early hours of Saturday when gunmen invaded Shell manifold located at Gio and shot at the victim.
The NSCDC boss said that the gunmen, suspected to be oil bunkers, had gone to the manifold known as Gio to siphon oil, but were resisted by the NSCDC men guiding the manifold.
The commandant general said that the nation was facing challenges with unrepentant vandals, adding that the Corps was also giving them sleepless time to reduce to the lowest minimum the nefarious activities of vandals across the nation.
His words: “Despite the attacks on our officers on a daily basis, we have vowed to bring an end to oil theft, bunkering and attack on all government critical infrastructure in the country.”
Gana also urged his men to work closely with other sister-agencies for effective policing, surveillance, intelligence and information gathering, with a view to ensuring the protection of lives and properties of citizenry in the country.
He pointed out that security agencies could only work and achieve results with the cooperation of the people, adding that it would take collective efforts of all security outfits to bring the perpetrators of the unrest to book.
The NSCDC boss further called on Nigerians to support the government and security agencies by providing them with helpful information as the public owes it a duty to the security bodies to identify criminals in the community.