NSCDC Commandant General Retired From Service, Reason Emerge
Ahmed Audi, the Commandant-General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has bowed out of service after reaching the mandatory retirement age and the completion of his tenure on Friday, February 27.
Recall that the NSCDC boss resumed office on March 1, 2021, after he was appointed by the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
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The NSCDC boss celebrated his last day in office on the commemoration of the 2026 World Civil Defence Day on Friday, February 27, at the headquarters of the corps in Abuja.
Daily Trust reported that the federal government had yet to announce the replacement of Audi.
The Nasarawa-born Audi was born on September 30, 1967. He holds a PhD in Public Communication from Nasarawa State University, Keffi. He holds Masters in Public Business Administration from the University of Calabar, and he is a member of the National Institute (mni).
His resignation came barely three months after the Kano State Command of the NSCDC confirmed that there was a violent mob attack on its Danmaje outpost in the Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area of the state.
The report indicated that the attack led to the extrajudicial killing of three suspects and the destruction of the facility by fire. This happened barely 24 hours after a similar incident happened in a separate NSCDC outpost in the neighbouring state, Katsina, where three people died in the incident.
NSCDC gives details of Kano attack
The Kano State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed that there was a violent mob attack on its Danmaje outpost in the Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area of the state.
The report indicated that the attack led to the extrajudicial killing of three suspects and the destruction of the facility by fire. This happened barely 24 hours after a similar incident happened in a separate NSCDC outpost in the neighbouring state, Katsina, where three people died in the incident.
NSCDC appeals for calm in Kano community
Abdullahi then appealed to the people of Dawakin Kudu and the public at large to remain calm and refrain from taking the law into their hands. Speaking on the incident, the
Acting on the directive of the Commandant-General of the NSCDC, Mohammed Agalama, the Kano State Commandant, has created a committee of enquiry to carry out a full investigation into the incident.
The Kano attack was similar to the violent incident between the men of the NSCDC and some suspected peddlers of illicit drugs, where three people reportedly died in the neighbouring Katsina State. The Katsina incident happened on Saturday, December 27, at Koraman Nayalle, Sabuwar Unguwa Quarters.
In the incident in Katsina, it started when the operatives of the NSCDC moved to arrest a suspect identified as Uzairu, also known as Kuda. During the operation, Kuda's mobile phone was confiscated by the force, and a pack of suspected illicit substances.
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