NSCDC set to prosecute illegal private guard companies

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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it is set to arrest and prosecute illegal Private Guard Companies (PGC) operating within Nigeria.

This is contained in a news release made available to the News Agency of Nigeria by Soji Alabi, Media Assistant to Abdullahi Gana, Commandant General of the Corps on Monday in Abuja.

Gana warned that the Corps was ready to arrest, prosecute and clamp down on illegal private guard company operators and their employers. He said the illegal operation of some PGCs was contrary to the provision of Section 23 of the Private Guard Companies Regulation of 2018, which stated that; He further said that the establishment of the 2018 PGC regulations was in pursuant of the corps mandate to rid private security sector of quackery.

 

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