On Wednesday, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) announced the dismissal of one of its officers, Innocent Oshemi, who allegedly shot a Korean national and a colleague dead.
Mr. Oshemi was handed over to the police for prosecution, according to Abdullahi Gana, Corps Commander General.
Mr Gana said at a press briefing in Abuja that the suspect reportedly murdered Mamman Wuya, a senior corps inspector at Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL) and the Korean, Tea Kun Kara, who was a Samsung Heavy Industries worker at Lagos.
Mr Gana, represented by Jonathan Iyogho, Assistant General Commander in charge of Critical Infrastructure Protection, said an inner investigation found Mr Oshemi guilty of the alleged killings.
“We visited the police when they informed us of a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) coverage of the incident.
“A staff committee was set up by the corps to look into the case after the CCTV inspection,” Mr Gana said.
According to him, the incident occurred on April 8, 2019 and the suspect had to be “disarmed by his colleagues in the office and was later handed over to the police.”
Mr Gana debunked the claim by Mr Oshemi that the corps owed him some money.
“We don’t pay our personnel directly, because we are registered under Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) and they are in charge of salary payments.
“Our men working at LADOL are being paid stipends into their accounts,” he said.
Mr Gana described the incident as unfortunate and said the body is taking action to prevent repetition similar incident.