Crime
NSCDC to train journalists in Ondo on security consciousness
Mr Hammed Abodunrin, Ondo State Commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has disclosed plans to organise free personal security training for journalists in the state.
Abodunrin made the disclosure on Sunday during his familiarisation visit to the office of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union Journalist (NUJ) in Akure.
He said it had become imperative for members of the public, especially media practitioners, to be security conscious.
The commandant, who explained that the NSCDC Commandant General had told them to start security training for members of the public, said that nobody should be too elitist, cosmopolitan, big or old to learn about security matters.
According to him, journalists and security agents are doing the same work because security operatives are also looking for information just like journalists are doing.
“But the only difference is, while the media is looking for information to publish, security operatives are looking for information to process.
“And there is the need for us to upscale the security of everybody, particularly the media who would be reporting so many things, including criminal activities of the people.
“Also, in reporting political parties’ campaigns, politicians and many others, journalists have been losing their members to the cold hand of death.
“It will also help us to know what journalists can do to enhance their own profession; what are the little skills we can display if we are attacked, among other security tips for our benefits,” he said.
He said that the training would be part of the self-defence tactic, and “it doesn’t matter about our age or size”.
“The best form of security anybody can provide is the one you provide for yourself and the worst of security is feeling that you are not secure,” he said.
Abodunrin, who said that he had impounded about seven trucks with 84,200 litres of adulterated diesel and arrested 12 suspects within his one month in Ondo State, reiterated his resolve to continue to collaborate with other sister agencies to end insecurity.
In his response, Mr Tope Fayehun, Chairman, NUJ Correspondents’ Chapel, appreciated the NSCDC commandant for his promises and assured him of total support of members of the chapel.
“Let me assure you that we will do all we can, within the limits of our own resources and the ethics of our profession, to support you,” he said. (NAN)
The Anambra State Police Command has foiled a cult initiation ceremony in Nawfia, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state.
Spokesperson for the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Awka.
According to Ikenga, the operation was carried out by police operatives around 9:30am on June 15, leading to the arrest of six suspects at the scene.
Recovered during the raid were one Jojef pump action gun, two cartridges, and a golden-coloured Lexus SUV with registration number ATN 202 AE. Other items found include two cutlasses, two scissors, a cap bearing the inscription of the Supreme Vikings Confraternity, charms, and substances suspected to be hard drugs.
“They are currently undergoing police interrogation to get more insight into their modus operandi, after which the case will be charged to court on the conclusion of the investigations,” Ikenga stated.
The police spokesperson reassured residents of the command’s unwavering commitment to fighting cultism and other related crimes across the state.
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Wednesday, remanded two persons, Olaitan Fasasi and Kehinde Tobiloba in a correctional facility over alleged attempted murder.
Fasasi, 40, and Tobiloba, 26, whose addresses were not provided, are being charged with conspiracy, attempted murder and membership of a secret society.
The Magistrate, Mr L.A Owolabi, did not take the plea of the defendants for want of jurisdiction.
Owolabi directed the police to forward the case file to the Director of Public Prosecution for legal advice.
He thereafter adjourned the case until May 31 for mention.
The Prosecutor, Josephine Ikhayere, told the court that the defendants committed the offences at about 5.02p.m on Feb. 15, at Mushin, Lagos.
She said that Fasasi, Tobiloba and others now at large, attempted to commit murder by shooting at a resident, Alfred Ademola.
“They armed themselves with a locally made gun. They belong to Eiye Confraternity, a group proscribed by law,”, she said.
Ikhayere said that the offences contravened Sections 230(1) and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2012.
He said that the actions of the defendants also contravened Section 2(3)(a)(b)(c)(d) of the unlawful societies and Cultism Law of Lagos State Law.
An Area Court in Jos, on Tuesday, sentenced one Jeptha John, to three months imprisonment for stealing a Redmi mobile phone valued at N165, 000.
The judge, Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced the John after he pleaded guilty to the offence.
The judge, however, gave the convict an option to pay N20, 000 fine and N50, 000 restitution to the complainant.
Bokkos said that if the convict defaulted in paying the restitution, three months should be added to his sentence to make it six months imprisonment.
Earlier, the police prosecutor, Insp Monday Dabit, told the court that the case was reported at the B Division Police Station, Jos, on Dec. 1, 2024, by Ms Nerat Danjuma.
He said that the complainant alleged that the defendant trespassed into her house and stole her mobile phone valued at N165, 000.
The prosecutor further told the court that the offence contravened the Plateau State Penal Code, Law of Northern Nigeria.
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