NSCDC SEALS THREE PRIVATE GUARD COMPANIES IN ABUJA
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Three private security firms were closed on Wednesday by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps’ Federal Capital Territory Command for failing to register and renew their licences.
Maco Security Services was sealed for failing to register with the agency as required by law, while Ochacho Security, Justigo Security, and Allied Services were sealed for failing to renew their licences.
A few PGC guards were also detained by the command.
Any unrenewed licence and unregistered PGCs are prohibited from operating their activities since doing so is against the law, illegal, and a threat to national security, according to FCT Commandant Olusola Odumosu of the NSCDC.
“We are sealing these three private guard companies for threatening internal and national security, failure to renew the licence when due, refusal to be subjected to the licensing authority, employing guards without approval and failure to register as a private guard company,” Odumosu noted.
The commandant noted that the monitoring and enforcement exercise on PGCs in the FCT would be sustained, adding, “We are sanitising the private guard industry.
“It is about internal security. The country is facing many security challenges and that is why the corps must be on its toes. If we compromise internal security, one is indirectly compromising national security.”
“We will not allow quacks to take over the business of security in this country,” he stressed.
Odumosu added, “Once they fulfill all the necessary requirements, we will unseal this place and they will continue their businesses.”
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