Election duty: NSCDC losses personnel to road accident

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has lost one personnel, Corps Assistant II Abdusalam Roqeeb from Lagos State Command in a road accident that occurred on Friday 24, February 2023, at a sharp bend at Giri junction, Abuja, while five others are presently receiving treatment in a hospital.

The accident involved an NSCDC-branded vehicle, which was conveying authorised identification tags meant for personnel on election duty in Lagos.

Following the unfortunate incident, the Commandant General (CG) of the Corps, Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, commiserated with families of the deceased, Lagos State Command and the entire Corps.

He assured that in line with his commitment to staff welfare, the Corps’ management will take very good care of the injured and bear full responsibility for their treatment to ensure their full recovery and safe return to their families.

However, the corps said it was not true that the personnel involved in the accident were conveying election materials.

The Corps said it is a non-partisan and apolitical organisation, hence, has no business conveying election materials as speculated in some online reports.

The items that were scattered on the road at the scene of the accident in the video shared online were election identification tags meant for Lagos Command personnel on election duty before the unfortunate incident and not ballot papers or Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), the corps said.

The CG prayed for the repose of the soul of the gallant officer who died and soonest recovery for others in the hospital. The officer has been buried according to Islamic rites.