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Cases
By Muhammad Nasir Bashir
Dutse, July 11, 2017 (NAN) The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa Command, on Tuesday said it had recorded 276 cases between April and June.
The spokesman of the command, Mr Abdullahi Adamu, in a statement issued in Dutse, said the cases included 79 criminal and 179 civil cases.
He explained that the criminal cases comprised rape, stealing, vandalism, burglary, arson, diversion of petroleum products, fraud, gross misconduct and breach of trust,
Others are conspiracy, abduction and abuse of controlled drugs.
According to him, the command had successfully secured conviction in 47 out of the 79 criminal cases, while 28 were still pending and four others were transferred to relevant agencies for proper investigation.
Adamu said that the civil cases handled within the period included marital/family disputes, breach of contractual agreement, debt recovery, indebtedness, communal disputes and land/tenancy disputes.
The spokesman said that all the civil cases were settled out of court by the command’s Dispute and Conflict Resolution (DCR) Unit.
He attributed the successes recorded to the commitment of officers and men of the command as well as cooperation of residents of the state.
Adamu called for support and cooperation from the public to enable the corps to effectively discharge its functions as mandated by the law.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the corps had in the first quarter of 2017 recorded 143 cases in the state. (NAN)
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Edited by Bayo Sekoni/Abdullahi Yusuf