NSCDC special female squad visit Alaafin of Oyo, seeks support of traditional institutions

By Tobias Lengnan Dapam

In line with the Commandant General’s safe schools initiative to tackle the spate of attack and kidnapping of schools children for ransom in different parts of the country, the NSCDC National Female Squad has enlisted the support of Traditional Institution in their campaign against insecurity and kidnapping of school children for ransom.

According to the Unit National Commander, CSC Imonikhe Oluwakemi who led her cracked Special Female Squad on a familiarization and sensitization visit to the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Atanda, said the historic visit was necessitated by the Commandant General’s passion for safety of school children across the nation which led to the establishment of the Female Squad to stem the tide of kidnapping and abduction of school children which Oyo state is not excluded.

She reiterated that as the custodian of customs and traditions, the Corps needs the support of all traditional rulers in the country for social reengineering, sensitization of the populace on security consciousness, love for country and upholding of good moral values to serve as a constant reminder on the ills of criminality and gains of new national orientation and patriotism.

Imonikhe assured the Alaafin and the people of Oyo State of the Commandant General’s total readiness in fighting the scourge of insecurity in Oyo State and that the Corps under his watch would continue to work closely with the state government by providing credible intelligence information to nip crime and any infiltration or attack on schools in the bud.