{"id":64618,"date":"2025-04-23T10:20:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T10:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64618"},"modified":"2025-04-23T10:20:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T10:20:37","slug":"nscdc-boss-cracks-down-on-%e2%82%a65-2-million-extortion-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/23\/nscdc-boss-cracks-down-on-%e2%82%a65-2-million-extortion-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"NSCDC Boss Cracks Down on \u20a65.2 Million Extortion Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has ordered the detention and immediate transfer to Abuja of officers allegedly involved in a \u20a65.2 million extortion case.<\/p>\n<p>The officers, now facing disciplinary action, were caught in a viral video allegedly extorting a traveller journeying from Ado-Ekiti to Akure.<\/p>\n<p>The footage, which sparked widespread outrage, prompted a swift directive from the Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, for a full investigation.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Wednesday by the Corps Public Relations Officer, CSC Afolabi Babawale, Dr. Audi condemned the act, describing it as unethical, unprofessional, and a violation of the NSCDC\u2019s Code of Ethics and Standard Operating Procedures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese actions stain the Corps\u2019 image and will not be swept under the rug,\u201d Dr. Audi stated.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that the implicated officers will be held in detention at the NSCDC headquarters while a disciplinary committee probes the matter.<\/p>\n<p>He reassured the public of the Corps\u2019 dedication to transparency and accountability, vowing that any personnel found guilty would face the full consequences without protection or bias.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one is above the law. We must earn and maintain public trust through integrity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Audi also encouraged Nigerians to report any misconduct, promising that harassment, extortion, and abuse of office will not be tolerated under his watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr. Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has ordered the detention and immediate transfer to Abuja of officers allegedly involved in a \u20a65.2 million extortion case. The officers, now facing disciplinary action, were caught in a viral video allegedly extorting a traveller journeying from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":64619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-64618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64620,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64618\/revisions\/64620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}