Emeka Ibemere
Crisis of
confidence is brewing at the headquarters of the National Security and Civil
Defence Corps, NSCDC, and that of Ministry of Interior due to alleged
unofficial promotion of officers as against the due process used in every
Para-military agency and Civil Service Commission.
An unsettled
staffs who declined to make their names public because of being intimidated by
the organisation revealed that the current promotion going on at the NSCDC is
rocking the Corps; alleging that some of the officers who felt aggrieved are
petitioning the office of the Head of Service and has restrained to do so
because the present government is yet to settle down to office.
According to
the officers, without due process, over 200 officers, who are loyalists to the
Commandant General of the NSCDC, Abolurin were specially promoted even when
academically they are unqualified.
The officers
said when they took the case to the former President Goodluck Jonathan’s
administration, in their petition to the presidency, Dr Ade Abolurin was asked
to submit the promotion list of his officers. Newswatch Times gathered that the
NSCDC boss quickly rushed the entire corps through promotion examinations with
the bid to implant his secret list into the examination list.
However,
after the general promotion examinations, one thing allegedly led to another
and the lists were substituted with the general list on the computers. Those who scale true were those said to be
closer to the Commandant General and other officers’ names were short-changed.
According to
the officers, some of the civil servants in the board were angry with the whole
process and are giving out information on this. Mostly officers who were listed
for retirement since four years ago were re-absorbed and their names were implanted
before promoting them to another level.
Favourite
staffs and officers who are on levels
03' and 04 were favoured to be going on
foreign course and further studies, while more and better productive officers
who should go for these courses are left to rot.
“Courses
that are offered in Nigerian universities are ignored and his loyalists are
sent abroad with pay to read those courses”, the officers cried out.
It was
gathered that some of the loyalists closed to the boss, were sent to Geneva as
permanent representatives for NSCDC without due process. The aggrieved officers claimed that junior
officers were asked to pay over N20, 000 for promotion.
“Now in NHQ
his loyalists are collecting over N200, 000 to promote senior officers to
commandant cadres”, the officers further lamented. In the Lagos State Command of NSCDC, it was
gathered that no superintendent Cadre was promoted and all its slots were given
to Ogun State Command, where Commandant General’s loyalists abound.
The two or
three officers who got promoted in Lagos Command didn't get it from Lagos
command but their names appeared in other commands where they are not serving.
“Let President
Buhari cancel the whole promotion because it is filled with fraudulent acts,
which are one of the things unfortunate officers and men have been suffering
under this man since 11 years, he ruled this corps”.
“He has more
than 16 Commandants and more than 50 Deputy Commandants in his home state,
while in other states it is greatly few or nothing. He has refused to recognise
federal character or quota system. As I'm talking to you now, he is still in
our Board messing everything about the promotion exams and conversion
inspectorate cadre superintendent”.
According to
the aggrieved officers, when the Board of interior asked for all its agencies
to submit their nominal rolls for scrutiny before the promotion exams, prison
services, immigration services and fire services submitted theirs but our NSCDC
BOSS purposely delayed submitting the nominal roll of our organisation because
of his ulterior motives for almost eight months.
Even when he
finally submitted it there were lots of hidden agenda. In the list he
submitted, DC rank (deputy commandant ranks) has only 28 vacancies for example,
while commandant has about 40 vacancies and others.
“But Oga on
top prevailed on the board directors and the DC ranks vacancy came out with 50 people
more than that, then where did these vacancies come from?”, our source queried.
Most of these ranks are assigned to people
from a particular state and tribe, mainly from Ogun State. The Assistant
commandant General Administration (ACG Admin) of NSCDC by name Isimi, her Personal
Assistant, Board directors’ Personal Assistant, etc are all in this rank
racketeering deal under the watchful eyes of Commandant General of the corps, who
does things with impunity. Daily
Signpost gathered that junior ranks allegedly pay Isimi to buy ranks from
her. “The ‘Oga on top’ has been given letter to
proceed to on indefinite leave which starts by this month end and he is not
happy about it, and as such, he is bastardising everything in this organisation
and also incriminating willing tools so that he alone will not go down”, our
source further stated.
“He has
lined up scores of those who will protect him as long as President Muhammadu Buhari
stays in office till he quits office. From deputy commandant (DC) rank (level
14) to commandant rank is a hot cake sale at the national headquarters of this ‘oga
on top’ organisation”.
It was equally
learned that as at last month, it was between N250, 000 to N300, 000.
“But as I'm
talking to you now, these ranks have gone up to N450, 000 while commandant
ranks sell beyond N1000, 000. Intelligence report has it that ‘Oga on top’
bought the ranks at wholesale price from the board of directors of the Interior
Ministry and retails to low price to his preferred staff members while selling
to those who are not in his kitchen cabinet at cut throat prices.
“Is this the
change we voted for, Mr. PMB? Are you letting this fraud go scot free? A lot of
Board staffs of the Ministry are ready with a lot of information on this and
ready to testify if prevailed on. From the way this ‘Oga on top’ is carrying
on, he doesn't care if this organisation goes down”, a senior staff quipped.
It was
discovered that dead people’s names appeared in the nominal roll and promotion
list, just conducted recently. According
to the protesting officers, Abudorin boasted last month in his chapel that
nobody born of a woman can cancel the promotion examination and the special
promotion that he has conducted and signed. Meanwhile, He’s still doing his
rank deal business.
Meanwhile our
source gathered that President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier on snubbed Abudorin
on the latter visit to him after winning the election. But presidency has
dismissed as fictional and uncharitable, such adding that there was no time the
president walked some government officials out of his residence in Daura,
Katsina State.
According to
the statement, no such incident took place on April 15 as reported by some
social media. “It was a false and an inaccurate presentation of the facts of
what transpired when some government officials visited the President-elect at
his country home. “It is totally out of General Buhari’s character to ask his
visitors out’’, Sani said.
On another
reported incident involving Mr Ade Abolurin, the Commandant-General of the
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the statement said the
President-elect was already in another meeting when Abolurin visited.
“There was
no way the President-elect could receive the new visitors. He was merely
passing through the town and thought to stop by. “As a matter of fact, words
were promptly sent to the gentleman and his delegation that General Buhari was
unable to meet them owing to the fact that he was at an ongoing meeting
preceding the time of their arrival.
“The
president-elect welcomes positive suggestions from every Nigerian about how to
bring progressive change to the country. “He will not walk anyone who had come
to discuss ways of developing the country. “Courtesy and civility will not permit that to
happen. It is equally not his character.
“It is,
therefore, important to put the records straight that the President-elect will
be a President for all Nigerians irrespective of whether anyone currently holds
a public office or not,” the statement said.
Abolurin is
said to be trying to meet the president to cover some of the rots in his
office.
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