The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has dismissed two operatives of its Mining Marshal Unit for unlawfully providing illegal miners with firearms.
The corps also exonerated the Mining Marshals Commander, John Onoja, whose team was allegedly linked to the diversion of N2 billion and a cover-up of circumstances leading to the death of a personnel, Levi Agada, in Nasarawa state.
NSCDC Commandant General (CG) Ahmed Audi, while briefing journalists on the dismissal on Wednesday in Abuja, said the actions of the two dismissed personnel contradicted established guidelines.
Mr Audi, represented by the NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, said that their actions constituted grave misconduct, professional negligence, and conduct prejudicial to the corps’ discipline and operational integrity.
“Consequently, both personnel have been dismissed from the service and recommended for prosecution in accordance with the law,” he said.
