The Edo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, said on Friday that 15 suspects were arrested for operating private security guard companies without a licence in the state.
Gbenga Agun, the State Commandant of the corps, who disclosed this in Benin during an event organised to mark the new year and his one year in office, said that five private guard companies were also sealed off by the corps.
Agun also added that the Private Guards Companies Department of the command trained 96 private guard personnel in the period under review.
While disclosing that 110 suspects were arrested for various criminal offences in the state in 2024, he added that five of the cases were charged to court, with five judgements secured in favour of the corps, and six others still pending in court.
He added that the anti-fraud unit of the command also recovered N1,655,000 for various victims in the year under review, among several other interventions.
According to him, the command handled 25 cases of intervention by the Agro Rangers Unit, preventing bloody clashes between farmers and herders.
“The corps also provided security services to farms like Okomu, Ellah Lakes Farms and NCSC Farms, among others. The Peace and Conflict Unit of the command also resolved 59 cases,” he said.
