The State’s Commandant of the corps, Aniekan Udoeyop, made the disclosure Friday, in Benin, the State capital.
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The Commandant of the corps, Aniekan Udoeyop, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in his office on Saturday.
Buba Wakawa, the state NDLEA Commander, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin on Thursday on this.
Udoeyop disclosed this in Benin on Friday while giving his score card as part of activities to mark his first 100 days in office.
Richard Ogbebor, the Public Relations Officer of the command, in a statement in Benin disclosed that the attempted jailbreak occurred between 3pm and 5pm on Wednesday.
The state’s Commandant of the corps, George Edem, who spoke on the achievement of the command, said this at a news conference on Friday in Benin.
This was contained in a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Aminu Suleiman, in Benin.
The Edo State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has confirmed the release of two of its senior operatives abducted on September 27.
The Edo Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service said it issued 6,097 international passports to applicants in the first quarter of 2019.
The Edo Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps says it has rescued about 12 victims of human trafficking and child labour in the past five months.
The Public Relations Officer of the command, Efosa Ogbebor, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on the incident in Benin.
The command also apprehended a 40-year-old graduate of political science and suspected member of a notorious cannabis smuggling cartel.
Speaking on the security challenges of drug trafficking in the State, the Commander, Buba Wakawa, disclosed that the Federal High Court has approved the destruction of over 130,000kg of narcotic drugs, but the command is yet to execute the court orders due to logistic constraints.
He also said an estimated 500,000 litres of illegally refined and adulterated petroleum product was seized as well as destroyed within the period.
The state Sector Commander of the Corps, Samuel Odukoya, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin on Monday.