The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence
Corps has distanced itself from a report linking it with auctioning of
seized trucks and trailers.
State Commandant, Mr. Desmond Agu, said in Yenagoa, on Monday that he
had mandated the investigative unit of the command to probe the report
and unmask persons behind it.
The commandant said it was unfortunate that a “report of such magnitude” could be written without verifying from his command.
Agu described the development as a deliberate move by persons against
the anti-vandalism war of the command to tarnish its image.
Describing the allegation as malicious and mischievous, he asked members of the public to disregard it.
Agu said, “We do not have any 14 trucks to sell or auction. We have
no bicycle, motorcycle or any other vehicle let alone trucks to sell.
“We have started probing the matter to get to the root of the
misleading report which is capable of tarnishing the image of the NSCDC
in the country.
“The command has activated its investigative machinery to fish out
persons behind the publication and to know their motives. Such persons
will be dealt with within the ambit of the law.”
Agu, who describedwho described the NSCDC as a bureaucratic
organisation, explained that auctioning of such items could not have
been done without the involvement of the Pipelines and Products
Marketing Company.
He, however, said the command had in its custody three trucks which
had already been marked as exhibits in ongoing court cases with Dangote
Group and Chisco.
