The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) commandant-general, Ahmad Audi, has ordered the reinstatement of officers who were assigned to Shina Peller, a member of the house of representatives.
The departure of NSCDC officers posted to Peller was ordered in a letter dated February 2, 2022, written by Sotiyo Igbalawole on behalf of the Oyo NSCDC commandant.
The NSCDC personnel were withdrawn just hours after the congressman introduced a bill to abolish the organization.
But in a statement issued on Wednesday night by Odumosu Olusola, spokesman for the agency, the NSCDC CG said the letter from the Oyo commandant was sent “without clearance”, adding that the officer who ordered the withdrawal acted out of line.
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“The leadership of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has dismissed as unauthorized and without recourse to the Corps constituted authority, a letter signed and sent to a Member of the House of Representatives, Hon Shina Peller, informing him of the withdrawal of officials of the NSCDC assigned to him,” the statement reads.
“Not only did the officer in question lack the power to do such, but he was also found to have acted on his whims without clearance.
“The Commandant General, Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, mni, has therefore directed a reinstatement of the withdrawn officers with a complement of necessary courtesies to the Honourable Member.”
