Delta State Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Akinsanya Iskilu Abiodun, has advised Deltans to disregard any order that is not emanating from either the Federal, the State or Local Government The Trumpet gathered.
This was disclosed in a press statement issued by the state Public Relations Officer of the Corps, DSC Emeka Peters, in Asaba, the state capital. He charged Deltans to go about their lawful business as the Combined Security Agencies were fully in charge of security apparatus of the state.
While appealing for calm, he stressed that the gunshots heard in some part of the state was a display of Show of Force by the Combined Security Forces. The State Commandant vowed to deal decisively with anyone or group of persons in any guise to foment trouble or cause apprehension in the state.
According to the statement, “It is pertinent to state that the security of life and property cannot be mortgaged in any circumstances or for any group of persons or miscreants.”
It was also revealed that the protection of the right to life, to own property and live peacefully without any form of harassment, intimidation or molestation was one of the cardinal responsibilities or corporate reasons for establishing the Corps.
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The NSCDC Boss assured Deltans that the consolidated synergy, robust inter-agency cooperation and mutual collaboration among all the security agencies in the state will not give room for any infiltration of hoodlums or miscreants in the first place.
Commandant Akinsanya disclosed that a Joint Security Strategy (JSS) was earlier emplaced secretly, adding that plainclothes security personnel were already on ground covering and monitoring public places, schools, markets, places of worship, motor parks, beer parlours, hotels, waterways, and all entry and exit points into the state.
