NIGERIA SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS ANAMBRA STATE COMMAND
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The Anambra State Commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Comdt. Maku Olatunde has promised to support the National Commission for the Co-ordination and Control of the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons ( NATCOM) to arrest the daunting challenge of proliferation of light arms in the country.
Comdt. Maku disclosed this when he received in audience the Anambra State Commandant of NATCOM, Dr. Anozie Ebere Anthony who led top management team of the commission on a courtesy visit at the State Command Headquarters Awka on Monday.
The NSCDC State boss who decried the negative effects of illegal arms assured the visitors of the Command willingness to partner with them to check and prevent all kinds of illegal arms in other to have a safe environment that will be a harbinger of peace in the country.
” Security is everyone’s business and we are going to work with you to mop up all the illegal arms in the hands of wrong persons.
“The recent upsurge in criminal activities could be traced to illegal weapons circulating among those who are not supposed to be in possession of them
” I know that even within the system, we may have infiltrators who do not have the same vision with set objectives, but the job must be done” he said.
He applauded the team for the bold step they took in soliciting partnership with the NSCDC which will aid their operations.
” It is not out of place that you are here, we are ready to synergize with you. Arresting the menace requires joint approach and more strategic coordination” he concluded
Earlier, Dr. Anozie Ebere Anthony, the Anambra State Commandant of NATCOM said the Commission exists to stop the importation of illegal arms, ammunition and chemical weapons in line with the ECOWAS treaty which Nigeria is a signatory to in the year 2006.
According to him, NATCOM would like to leverage on NSCDC expertise as a critical stakeholder in internal security to assist the commission in preventing and combating the proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons and related materials in the country.
SC OKADIGBO EDWIN
Public Relations Officer
For: State Commandant