The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Edo Command, says no fewer than 110 suspects were arrested for various crimes in the state in 2024.
The State Commandant of the corps, Mr Gbenga Agun, disclosed this on Friday in Benin, at an event organised to mark the new year and his one year in office.
Agun, revealed that five of the cases had been charged to court, and judgements secured in favour of the corps, while six others were still pending.
He also disclosed that the anti-fraud unit of the command, recovered N1,655,000 for various victims in the year under review.
“The command also 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, NCSC farms amongst others,” he said.
The NSCDC boss also disclosed that 59 cases were resolved by the peace and conflict unit of the command, while the Private Guards Companies (PGC) Department, trained 96 Private Guards personnel within the period under review.
“The PGC department also sealed five PGCs and arrested 15 suspects for operating without licences,” he said.
The commandant further said that some equipment were procured during the period under review to fortify the operations of the corps in the state.
According to him, these include brand new laptop and printer for the armoury unit, brand new standing fan for the ICT unit and the repair of operational vehicles.
He added that the command facilitated an installation of transformer as well as ongoing installation of solar lights in the command headquarters among others.
