In response to the #EndBadGovernance# protests which turned violent nationwide, the commandant-general, Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Dr Abubakar Ahmed Audi, has positioned all its zonal commanders, heads of formations and state commandants on purple alert.
The sign was contained in a press release by the corps nationwide spokesperson, CSC Babawale Afolabi, yesterday.
Audi , who expressed shock that vital nationwide belongings within the nation had been razed by rampaging rioters, lamented that occasions in main cities on Thursday had been purely “mass rebellion and looting, not protests”.
The commandant-general, whereas warning towards the Kenya-style protests, added that the protest if not known as off, it’d find yourself just like the EndSARS demonstrations of October 2020. He once more, appealed on the organisers and youths to shelve their anger and embrace dialogue.
The assertion stated the NSCDC boss who personally led a group of operatives to watch the protests Thursday night time in Abuja, expressed concern that regardless of the preliminary warnings of the safety companies, hoodlums nonetheless took over the demonstrations.
Whereas calling on miscreants who even tried to take over authorities homes after the widespread looting of private and non-private warehouses and amenities with out provocation to desist from such strikes, stated the corps was totally ready to reply swiftly and decisively on public security and order.
He stated, “Worse is that majority of the agitators and organisers of the protests had been apparently absent, permitting unscrupulous components to hold out their sinister intentions.
“It is rather lamentable that there have been incidents of fierce assaults on safety operatives and wanton destruction of property in Kaduna, Kano, Yobe, Gombe, and lots of different states. Officers and males had been injured, and an NSCDC operational car was set ablaze in Katsina,” he added.
