The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Nigeria Police Force, FCT command, are collaborating to strengthen security in the territory by strategising and deploying additional personnel, including tactical teams, to affected areas. 

The two security agencies made this known when the FCT Commissioner of Police (CP), Ajao Adewale, visited the FCT NSCDC commandant, Olusola Odumosu, at the command’s headquarters.

Mr Odumosu said that as much as the FCT seemed relatively peaceful at the moment, there was a need to ensure appropriate security measures were in place.

“We need to continue to forge ahead and come to the table at all times, interfere where necessary and ensure that we move FCT to another level where people can go about their normal businesses without fear of any criminal attack,” the commandant said.

According to him, the visit symbolised the continuity of an already existing relationship between both security agencies of government.

“Seeing you today has given me some sort of joy and confidence that there is hope for the security community and very bad days for the criminals,” he said.

The commandant said that the best way forward in ensuring heightened security in the FCT was to collaborate by avoiding any form of bickering or unhealthy rivalry that would slow down the fight against insecurity.

“Why should we be fighting each other because of maybe role confusion or the likes ? there is no room and there is no reason for inter-agency rivalry.

“We are all one and the same, so whether at the upper or lower echelon we should see each other as one because the only difference between us is the uniform we put on.

“So if we can begin to see each other from that point of view, I want to believe that we will have a seamless operation and success against these criminals,” he said.

Earlier in his remarks, the CP reiterated that security was an enormous task as he advocated for multi-agency collaboration to attain positive results.

“The reward for good work is more work, hence the need for enhanced collaboration between both organisations and to sign a way forward to ensure proper protection of the territory,” Mr Adewale said.

He said that insecurity was a global phenomenon that has however been escalated in Nigeria.

“Some countries have a way of managing it better by under-reporting it, in order not to demarcate their economy, unfortunately, Nigeria is a country where we love to escalate everything and anything.

“As long as security agencies collaborate sufficiently, these criminals will have their feel,” he said.

Mr Adewale said that the importance of eradicating inter-agency rivalry cannot be overemphasised, adding that security organisations are  to complement each other.

“When we take discipline as a religion, I think there will be no friction and when we have less friction, there will be less crime.

“I think Abuja is calm now but we need to sustain the calmness by managing and mitigating the situation through developing new strategies to nip crimes in the bud.

“This synergy must continue and I pray we give all it takes to ensure that the collaboration continues,” he prayed.

(NAN)