The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said on Wednesday that a total of 1,900 incidents of criminal activity were documented in the state in 2022.

Among the crimes recorded by the corps were rape, vandalism, robbery, cybercrime, and illegal mining.

Olayinka Olatundun, the state Commandant of the NSCDC, revealed this to journalists in his headquarters in Akure, the state capital. Information Guide Nigeria

According to him, the corps has been working with other security organizations in the state to rid the state of criminals.

He said, “Between January and December 2022, 1,900 cases were incidents with the following statistical details: suspected dealing in adulterated petroleum products (14), vandalization of transformer (12), stolen prepaid meters (14), malicious damage of farm by herders (35), cybercrime (10), robbery (10), illegal mining (4) amongst many others.

“The Anti-Human Trafficking, Irregular Migration, and Gender Unit handled 150 cases, which goes to show that the rate of domestic violence, rape, and other domestic crimes is on the increase.

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“The statistics above show a higher number of reported cases as against 2021 which was put at 1,725 and this could be due to an increase in public confidence in the corps. JAMB Result

“It is also worthy of note that our 25 Grievance Management Centres cut across the state entertained 510 cases in the year under review with 406 cases resolved using alternative dispute resolution. The rejuvenated Anti-Vandalism Unit of the command arrested 15 suspects in the year under review and a total of 163,000 liters of adulterated petroleum products were recovered. Also recovered were four trucks, seven wooden boats, and three sequoia jeeps amongst other vandalization tools. The cases are still ongoing in the court.”

The NSCDC chief also stated that his men underwent training in 2022 to improve their capacity to carry out their duties effectively, including firefighting and prevention training aimed at upscaling personnel skills in fire prevention and management, and a six-day top and middle-level management staff training to upscale their tactical and safety skills in collaboration with the Nigeria Air Force, which was held at the Air Force base in Ipetu Ijesa, Osun.

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