By Kamsi Anayo, Awka
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Anambra state command has said it would commence clamp down on unregistered security companies in the state.
Mr Isidore Chukwudi Chikere, State Commandant stated this during a meeting with members of the Association of Licenced Private Security Practitioners of Nigeria (ALPSPN) in Awka, on Thursday.
He said it was in line with the NSCDC Act to regulate, monitor and supervise the operation of private guard companies in the country.
Isidore condemned both private and public institutions patronizing the services of unregistered guards, saying they constitute security threat to citizens and called on them to stop forthwith.
While stressing the need for information gathering as mechanism to enhance security, he charged members of the association to always furnish his office with timely and credible Intelligence.
The commandant promised to work with the association to achieve its set objectives, adding that the Corps would take up the issues they have raised.
Head of Private Guard Company Department, Francis Obinna Nnadi, said that the meeting was held to discuss and proffer solutions to the association’s challenges.
He tasked members to work in line with the Corps mandate as they are the ones that render the most relevant grassroot security with better crime fighting modalities in their area of operations.
He urged them not to relent as the Command has put in place necessary steps to reposition their services.
Earlier, the Chairman of the association, Dr Okon Antai, while welcoming the Comdt. Chikere to Anambra state enumerated some of the challenges facing their operations in the state .
“It is a fact that members of the vigilante services have taken over the job of private security guards in Anambra. Vigilantes should be people who do community policing in rural locations, but today they can be found almost everywhere acting as private security men ” Atai lamented.
