The NSCDC Commandant in Jigawa State, Muhammad Gidado, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse that the woman was arrested on Tuesday in Mubi town in Adamawa State
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The Commandant of NSCDC in the state, Muhammad Gidado, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, that the suspects were arrested on Friday in Hadejia Local Government Area
The land racketeering led to the seizure of 61 houses and 45 plots of land from NSCDC officials by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission
Muhammad Gidado, the State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, confirmed the incident
According to him, one of the girls, 15, is from Biu Local Government Area of Borno State while the other is 16 from Keffi in Nassarawa State
Magistrate Fatima Malo, however, gave the convicts an option to pay N1,000 fine each
The commandant said only one female member of the corps, Jamila Adamu, was among the trainees that participated in the programme
But both women did not know that Oluwafemi was already married
The commandant called on Nigerians to always provide information on criminal activities to security agencies
A middle aged man, Adebayo Gbeminiyi Orelaja, has sued the National Security and Civil Defence Corps for wrongfully detaining him over a crime he claimed he never committed
Abodunrin, while briefing journalists, said contrary to police reports that his men engaged in a shootout with policemen, his on-the-spot assessment of the scene of crime shows his men never fired a shot against the police
Braide said that after the NSCDC team succeeded in disarming the leader of the police team, Inspector Sunday Gabriel, they made to disarm others who resisted
Eyewitnesses said two officers of the NSCDC, in what was seen as a reprisal to the killing of their colleagues earlier in the day, attacked two policemen close to their office in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State
According to the eyewitness account, the vandals, suspected to be policemen in mufti, made calls to their police collaborators for support as they could not overwhelm the anti-vandals team of the corps
As the government bulldozers were busy carrying out the exercise, officials of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, fierce-looking soldiers and officials of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps were on ground
While addressing newsmen in Lagos, the state Commandant of the corps, Obafaiye Shem, said the operation, which took them sleepless nights, was carried out following a tip-off received from some members of the public who had suspected the operation of the vandals
The NSCDC officials accused the people of vandalism of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation pipeline in the area and aiding and abetting the vandals
Oshiomhole, who made the appeal during a courtesy call by the state Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Chike Ikpeanmonwu, to him at the Government House, Benin City, said the people expect the Federal Government to equip and fund its institutions adequately