Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)
has dismissed one of its personnel, Mr. Innocent Oshemi, for allegedly
murdering a colleague and a Korean national at the Lagos Deep Offshore
Logistics base (LADOL).
Commandant General of NSCDC, Mr. Abdullahi Gana,
disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja.
Gana said the murder of a fellow officer and a
Korean national was an unfortunate incident, and one which the corps totally
condemned.
The Korean, Tea Kun Kura, was an employee of
Samsung Heavy Industries in Lagos State.
Gana, represented by Assistant Commandant General
in charge of Protection of Critical Infrastructure, Jonathan Iyogho, said
Oshemi, a Corps Assistant II, also allegedly killed Mamman Wuya, Senior
Inspector of Corps at LADOL in Lagos.
The CG said that Oshemi was found culpable by the corps
after series of investigations, and had been handed over to the Nigeria Police
Force for proper prosecution.
According to him, “We visited the police when they
informed us of a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) recording of the incident. A
staff committee was set up by the corps to look into the case after the CCTV
inspection.”
He narrated that on April 8, 2019, the corps
received a report stating that its personnel had shot and killed his colleague
and a Korean working in the same premises with the personnel.
“He was disarmed by his colleagues in the office
and later handed over to the police,” the Commandant General said.
The corps, however, debunked allegations by Oshemi
that he was being owed money by the corps.
Gana said: “We do not pay our personnel directly
because we are under IPPIS and they are in charge of salary payment. Our men
working at LADOL are, however, being paid stipends into their accounts.”
The CG, who regretted the incident, said measures
were being taken by the corps to ensure there was no repeat of such action.
He assured the public that safety of lives and
property of Nigerians was of paramount importance to the corps.
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