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The Civil Defence, Corrections, Fire and Immigration Board (CDCFIB), has approved the dismissal of 15 personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) involved in various degrees of offences.
The Commandant General (CG) of the NSCDC, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, made the announcement during a management meeting on Monday, as he stated that a total of 31 officers and men of the Corps were sanctioned.
In a statement by the spokesman of the Corps, DCC Olusola Odumosu, he quoted the CG stating that the sanction is part of measures to rid the service of bad eggs and reposition the Corps.
He said, “Among them, 15 are dismissed from service, nine are to face compulsory retirement, seven were given suspension while the remaining two are to face interdiction and demotion respectively,” the statement read in part.
A further breakdown of the sanction indicated that the dismissed personnel include; “one (1) ASC1, two (2) CCA, three (3) AIC, three (3) CA111, two ( 2) CA11, one (1) CA1, one (1) IC and one (1) AIC.
The suspended officers are two Deputy Commandants of the Corps, three Assistant Commandants of the Corps, one Assistant Superintendent of Corps ASCII and one CAII.
The board also approved the interdiction of an Inspector of the Corps (IC) and the demotion of one other Inspector of the Corps (IC).
The 31 affected personnel were sanctioned for offences ranging from job racketeering, conspiracy, extortion, forgery, absence without leave (AWOL), dishonesty, and economic sabotage among others.
