NSCDC Boss Confirms Casualties from Accidental Discharge in Deep Shore

NSCDC

NSCDC Boss Confirms Casualties from Accidental Discharge
in Deep Shore

The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence
Corps, Abdullahi Gana Mohammadu has expressed regrets over the ugly
incident that occurred at one of the beats, where personnel of the
Corps were deployed to protect the infrastructure of the Lagos Deep
shore, Offshore logistics.

The Corps boss expressed this in a briefing of the Management
team of the Corps, at the Headquarters, Abuja stating that an ugly
incident occurred as a result of an accidental discharge by a
Personnel of Corps which led to some casualties involving another
Personnel of the Corps and Korean who is currently receiving
treatment at the hospital.

Gana said he received the information with a heavy heart, and in
view of that he commiserates with the family of the deceased and
the injured.

Expressing rude shock at the incident despite various warning by
Management against such act of negligence and carelessness. He went
further to assure the public that adequate punitive action shall be
taken against the officer involved on this act in order to avert a
reoccurrence of such incident and to serve as a deterrent to other
personnel

He stressed that investigation into the remote causes of the
incident is on-going as committee have been set up to critically
look into the matter as the officer involved has already been
stripped of his arms and currently under detention pending the
outcome of the report of the committee and justice ensured
accordingly.

DCC Emmanuel Okeh
CDPRO