In a quote to fight activities of wrongdoers in Ondo State, the state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has setup an all-female armed team.

According to the corps, this becomes part of technique to device ways of tackling crimes in the state.

It was collected that the special female team had been efficiently trained to react to criminal activity scenarios within the state and as well tackle it immediately.

The Commandant of the corps in the state, Hammed Abodunrin, mentioned this on Friday while dealing with newsmen at the state head office of the corps in Alagbaka, Akure, the state capital.

He preserved that amid the security circumstance in the country, the squad will likewise be involved in offering protection in schools across the state in order to avert any kind of security breach.

“In the simply concluded year, a Special Female Squad was tactically trained to respond to school protection in the State and Rapid Response Squad to deal with crimes promptly.

“As crime and criminalities are ending up being a growing number of advanced, the Command has actually developed a number of security strategies to combat the brand-new trend,” he stated.

While providing the scorecard of the command in the year 2021, the commandant divulged that 124 suspects were jailed by its Intelligence and Investigation Department with 20 of the cases pending in court.

He also specified that the command’s
Anti-Human Trafficking and Irregular Migration and Gender Unit managed 185 cases with 140 arrests made while 4 of the cases were transferred to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP and 2 transferred to the Ministry of Women Affairs.

Divulging that 284,540 litres of petroleum items were recuperated while 9 trucks were taken alongside 4 wood boats from the coastal area of the state, the NSCDC boss stated Alternative Dispute Resolution, ADR, was used to fix 305 cases in 2021.

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