Operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kwara State Command, have arrested two suspects, Abraham Stephen Job and Adebowale Qazeem Adeniyi, over the alleged operation of a private security outfit recognized as “Double Razzor,” with out the requisite licence.
ASC Ayoola Michael Shola, Kwara State Command’s Public Relations Officer in a press release stated the arrest adopted an investigation into the outfit’s actions.
“The alleged offences below investigation embody working a private security outfit with out the requisite licence and offering regulated private security companies with out the required statutory authorisation, opposite to relevant legal guidelines and rules governing private guard firms in Nigeria,” he stated.
The assertion added that the NSCDC is statutorily chargeable for regulating and licensing private guard firms, even because it warned that operators should adjust to the related authorized necessities earlier than commencing regulated security actions.
The State Commandant, CC Abbas Ndah Mohammed, reaffirmed the Command’s resolve to implement regulatory compliance and curb unauthorised private security operations throughout Kwara State.
He urged occasion organisers, company our bodies and members of the general public to have interaction duly licensed security suppliers, even because it reiterated its dedication to sanitising the private security sector, defending lives and property, and making certain accountability in security operations.
