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 an announcement stated the arrest adopted an investigation into the outfit’s actions.
“The alleged offences under investigation include operating a private security outfit without the requisite licence and providing regulated private security services without the required statutory authorisation, contrary to applicable laws and regulations governing private guard companies in Nigeria,” he stated.
The assertion added that the NSCDC is statutorily liable for regulating and licensing private guard corporations, 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 guaranteeing accountability in security operations.
