The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, has deployed 1,350 personnel across the state to ensure adequate security during the Yuletide season.
State Commandant, Mohammed Agalama, disclosed this on Tuesday during a press briefing on the command’s Yuletide security preparedness and strategic deployment.
He said the move was informed by prevailing security challenges such as phone snatching, thuggery, banditry, kidnapping attempts and other forms of public disorder.
According to him, the personnel, supported by additional tactical teams and rapid response units, have been strategically deployed to urban, peri-urban and rural areas with known crime concentrations. He explained that the operatives would conduct continuous foot and mobile patrols at major highways, markets, motor parks, entry and exit points, as well as public and social venues to deter criminal activities.
Agalama added that the command had strengthened intelligence sharing and operational collaboration with other security agencies in the state to enhance efficiency and rapid response during the festive period.
While calling on the public to see security as a collective responsibility by remaining vigilant and promptly reporting suspicious activities, the commandant assured them of the corps’ readiness to protect lives and property, including critical national assets and infrastructure, warning vandals and criminal gangs to desist from tampering with public facilities and private property.
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“Any breach of public peace will not be tolerated as the corps is fully prepared to deal decisively with miscreants and bring them to justice,” he warned.
Meanwhile, the NSCDC Kano Command has arrested seven suspected criminals linked to vandalism and burglary in different parts of the state. Two suspects, Abdullahi Sulaiman, 20, and Lawan Ahmed, 19, both residents of Na’ibawa Gabas, were arrested at Yan Shana community in Kumbotso Local Government Area for allegedly vandalising armoured cables worth thousands of naira, with the support of local vigilantes.
Similarly, Rabiu Aliyu, 25, and Bashir Zubairu, 19, were apprehended in Rano Local Government Area after allegedly vandalising aluminium conductor cables along Madaki Street.
In Kura Local Government Area, three suspects—Sadiq Adamu, alias Cacira, 22; Auwalu Magaji, alias Kuda, 25; and Umar Yusuf, 25—were arrested for allegedly burgling no fewer than seven shops in Danhassan community.
The command said all suspects were cooperating with investigators and would be charged to court upon the conclusion of investigations.
