About five persons have been inaugurated as a task force team by Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps to bring an end to illegal private guard companies operating in Gombe State.
Speaking during the inauguration at the state command on Friday, Commandant Samson Wabulari of the NSCDC, urged the five-man task force to ensure that the activities of unauthorised security companies are brought to a halt.
The commandant also urged the joint task force of NSCDC and the association of All Private Licenced Private Security Practitioners of Nigeria, Gombe, to ensure that the unwholesome practices are checked, adding that the command would not compromise on the security of life and property of the citizens.
He said, “To check quackery, it has become expedient to collaborate with Association of all private Licenced Private Security Practitioners of Nigeria Gombe. The joint task force will check the proliferation of unlicensed private security outfits and their operations in the state.”
Wabulari also promised to work with the association to achieve its set objectives.
Speaking earlier, Head of the Private Guards Companies, DCC Bakare Rafiu Olugbenga in his address, called on members of the association in the state to identify, any security outfit operating illegally for appropriate action.
According to Olugbenga, “The joint task force is necessary to get rid of unregistered practitioners, whose activities pose great security risks to the nation.”
On his part, Chairman Board of Trustees North East, Musa Umar Pindiga, urged members of the association to devote themselves to professionalism and service delivery to enhance the security of lives and properties in the Country.
Also speaking, the Gombe State Chairman of ALPSPN, Adamu Abubakar, expressed dismay over some guards who engage in unethical conduct, warning that erring companies would be sanctioned.
While lauding the efforts of the commandant and his men, Abubakar expressed optimism that the joint task force would achieve its set objectives.
“I wish to appreciate the State Commandant for the maiden inauguration of the joint task force in the state and also the Head of Private Guard Companies for steering the Department,” he added.