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 mentioned the arrest adopted an investigation into the outfit’s actions.
“The alleged offences beneath investigation embody working a private security outfit with out the requisite licence and offering regulated private security companies with out the required statutory authorisation, opposite to relevant legal guidelines and laws governing private guard corporations in Nigeria,” he mentioned.
The assertion added that the NSCDC is statutorily chargeable 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 interact 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.
