NSCDC Officer Steals Gun At University’s Armoury, Police Insists On Prosecution

By Ayodele Oni

Two Federal Government owned security agencies in Ekiti state are heading for a showdown over the case of a suspect.

The Agencies, Nigeria Police and Nigeria Security and civil Defence, (NSDC) are engaged in verbal attack over a suspect that stole a gun at the armoury of the Federal University, Ikole Ekiti campus.

This magazine’s checks revealed that the suspect is an officer of the NSDC newly posted to the University campus for security duties.

Few days after his resumption, one of the guns kept at the university’s armoury was discovered to be missing which prompted a security officer of the institution to make official report to the Chief Security Officer, (CSO).

The CSO was reported to have lodged official report at the Police Area Commander’s office at Ikole, who later transferred the case to the state Criminal Investigations Department, (CID) of the state police command in Ado Ekiti.

Officers of the State CID swung into action with the arrest of all officers attached to the armoury and detained them for further investigations.

Sources disclosed that the officers insisted in their statement that they suspected the newly transferred officer of the NSCDC since such incident has never been recorded at the office.

Following their insistence, the suspected officer was recalled to the office and after interrogation, confessed that he stole the gun to his superiors.

The gun has since been returned to the armoury but the Police CID is insisting that the suspect be handed over for prosecution, while the State NSCDC is holding on to him.

The matter has led to exchange of verbal communication between the leadership of the two security agencies, with the NSCDC insisting on its stand that the suspect should be given soft landing.

He has since been redeployed  to the state headquarters of NSCDC.