Abdullahi Gana Mohammadu, Commandant General
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has faulted reports that it did not mobilize its personnel adequately for the 2019 presidential and National Assembly elections, stating that the contrary was the case.
According to Soji Alabi, Deputy Commandant of Corps and Media Assistant to the Commandant General, “there was adequate preparations by the Corps in terms of training, deployment and logistics prior to the conduct of the elections.
“Every personnel of the Corps including those on leave and special assignment were recalled. Specially trained personnel on Peace and Conflict Resolutions, Counter Terrorism, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear as well as sniffer dogs were deployed.
He said before the commencement of the election, the Commandant General of the Corps – Abdullahi Gana Mohammadu fulfilled his promise to pay N15,000 to personnel deployed for the monitoring of the election few hours before the elections.
Even those who received less the amount was “as a result of the Access Bank Pay Day Loan earlier collected by the majority of the personnel, which was deducted by the bank as soon as the money entered their accounts”, and the “Commandant General has also asked those short paid without collecting loans from the bank to come up with proofs and the balance will be paid to them.”
“It is on record that the professional conducts of the Corps’ personnel during the elections were applauded by all the stakeholders in election monitoring, Civil Society Oganisations, Foreign and Local Observers as well as other sister agencies.
“The CG will not relent in his efforts at providing good leadership for the Corps in the discharge of its lawful mandates, while he urged the media to crosscheck their facts before publication, he concluded.
