By Valentine Amanze
The Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu, has ordered all state commandants of the Corps to enforce the directive that all private guards in the country must sew their Private Security Identification (PSID) number on their uniforms.
The number, he said, must tally with the service numbers generated during the Biometrics Data Capturing of guards.
The directive followed the arrest of some fake private guard operatives during the Covid-19 lockdown at beats and locations within the country.
He disclosed that the Corps was collaborating with sister-agencies like the DSS, the NPF, NIA, and the Corps supervisory ministry (Ministry of Interior) who the NSCDC had already shared the data with to arrest all erring operatives.
In a statement by the Media Assistant to the Commandant General, Ekunola Gbenga, the NSCDC boss assured that the outfit would rid the sector of all illegal companies and guards.
He explained that the introduction of name tags had become necessary to ensure the safety of lives and properties of Nigerians and protect the integrity of the duly registered Private Guards Companies.
“With the vital information on the uniform which includes Private Security Identification (PSID), any operative involved in crime can easily be identified and apprehended,” he said.