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Partnership
By Aminu Ahmed Garko
Minna, Feb.21,2017( NAN) The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps ( NSCDC), Zone `D’ Minna, on Tuesday sought the support of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) to end cattle rustling in the zone.
Mr Adamu Soja, Assistant Commandant General (ACG) in charge of the zone, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Tuesday.
Soja said the initiative would enable members of the association to offer intelligence reports that would lead to the arrest of all those involved in the crime.
The ACG, who supervises Niger, Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara , Kaduna and Kogi state commands, said already the state commandants been adequately briefed on various security methods to be adopted in apprehending the culprits.
“ All we require is intelligence information about movement of bad characters for us to move into action,” he said.
He also appealed to ward heads and village heads to complement the efforts of security personnel deployed to fight cattle rustling and kidnappers in their respective domains by exposing suspicious characters.
Soja also called on them to mobilise their subjects on the need to volunteer information about the activities of suspected criminals.
According to him, such information will enable the officers to adopt strategies to confront them. (NAN)
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Edited by Gregory Mmaduakolam/Abdullahi Yusuf