{"id":70535,"date":"2025-07-14T06:15:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T06:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70535"},"modified":"2025-07-14T06:15:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T06:15:34","slug":"nscdc-launches-emergency-response-unit-to-tackle-insecurity-in-fct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/14\/nscdc-launches-emergency-response-unit-to-tackle-insecurity-in-fct\/","title":{"rendered":"NSCDC Launches Emergency Response Unit to Tackle Insecurity in FCT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has unveiled a new elite unit known as the Emergency Response Team to bolster efforts in tackling insecurity across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).<\/p>\n<p>The Commandant of the FCT Command, Olusola Odumosu, launched the team during the Passing Out Parade (POP), of 200 personnel who recently completed a basic arms handling training in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis elite team will serve as a quick response unit, specially trained and tactically equipped to intervene swiftly in high-risk situations,\u201d Odumosu said. \u201cWe are deliberate in what we are doing, and our vision is clear-to build a Corps that is not only responsive but also anticipatory in approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the formation of the unit reflects the Corps\u2019 commitment to adapting to emerging security threats and ensuring a proactive response to emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking further, Odumosu highlighted that the intensive training undertaken by the 200 operatives is part of the NSCDC\u2019s broader strategy to strengthen internal security through capacity building, enhanced operational readiness, and professionalism.<\/p>\n<p>The new unit is expected to operate across flashpoints within the FCT, providing swift and coordinated responses to violent crimes and other threats to public safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has unveiled a new elite unit known as the Emergency Response Team to bolster efforts in tackling insecurity across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Commandant of the FCT Command, Olusola Odumosu, launched the team during the Passing Out Parade (POP), of 200 personnel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":70536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-70535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70535","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=70535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70537,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70535\/revisions\/70537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}