NSCDC trains 174 officers to tackle cyber intrusions, drone-enabled crimes

By Omeiza Ajayi

ABUJA: The Federal Capital Territory FCT Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC has trained 174 unit successful tactical ratio done the usage of modern information tools.

Specifically, the unit were trained successful the areas of modern vigor communication, representation speechmaking and navigation, drone appreciation and application, with a complaint to tackle cyber intrusions and drone-enabled crimes.

Speaking astatine the passing-out ceremonial held successful Abuja connected Monday, the FCT Commandant of the NSCDC, Dr Olusola Odumosu, said the training, organized successful collaboration with the Nigerian Army Headquarters Garrison, Abuja, focused connected equipping operatives with updated cognition and skills to code evolving information threats, including insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, vandalism of nationalist infrastructure, cyber intrusions and drone-enabled crimes.

According to him, the workout was portion of a deliberate strategy to sharpen the operational capableness of the Corps successful safeguarding captious nationalist assets and infrastructure.

“The threats we look contiguous are much analyzable and blase than ever before, requiring not lone courageousness and committedness but besides the effectual deployment of modern tools, knowledge, and techniques,” Odumosu said.

He commended the Nigerian Army for its enactment and concern successful facilitating the programme, describing the collaboration arsenic “an exemplary denotation of inter-agency synergy and cooperation, captious successful the corporate pursuit of nationalist information objectives.”

Odumosu said successful the past fewer years, the FCT Command has witnessed a crisp summation successful the fig of capableness gathering programmes and assured that the grooming would beryllium a catalyst for drastic reductions successful reported cases of vandalism, theft of nationalist infrastructure and a surge successful the arrests of vandals and different transgression elements wrong the territory.

He lauded the 174 graduating participants for their dedication and resilience, urging them to use their recently acquired skills successful combating vandalism and different forms of criminality crossed the FCT.

“You are present custodians of specialised knowledge, and it is expected that you use it with professionalism, discipline, and a beardown consciousness of duty,” helium charged.

The Commandant further expressed appreciation to the Commandant-General of the Corps, Prof. Ahmed Audi, for his enactment and support of the Command’s grooming programmes, assuring that the FCT Command would not relent successful capableness improvement initiatives.

He stressed that the grooming would service arsenic a catalyst for reducing cases of vandalism and theft of nationalist infrastructure, portion boosting arrests of vandals and different transgression elements successful Abuja and its environs.

Commander of the Nigeria Army Headquarters Garrison, Maj. Gen. Wilson Dangana, who was represented by the Garrison Training Officer, Brig. Gen. NN Orok, said cognition acquired and not utilised volition beryllium lost.

He urged the unit to perpetually enactment to usage the cognition acquired from the training.

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