NSCDC ARRESTS 104 SUSPECTS, SECURES 42 CONVICTIONS IN ADAMAWA
By Alhassan Haladu Yola. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Adamawa State Command, says it has arrested 104 suspects and secured 42 convictions over various criminal offences between January and November 2026. The Command's Public Relations Officer, SC Amidu Nyako Baba, disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Yola. He said the Command, under the leadership of Commander Nasiru Sakeh, had intensified its operations against criminal activities, including illegal mining, vandalism of government property and theft of electricity cables. According to him, the Command also intercepted petroleum products suspected to have been stolen from neighbouring Taraba State and arrested individuals allegedly involved in electricity cable theft and illegal mining. Nyako Baba further disclosed that the Command had intervened in disputes between farmers and herders in different parts of the state, helping to promote peaceful coexistence between the two groups. He attribute...