Civil Defense partners NUJ FCT on war against fake Journalists

L-R: FCT Sector Commander of NSCDC, Mr. Patrick Ukpan and NUJ FCT Council Chair, Comrade Emmanuel Ogbeche during the courtesy visit.


By Ochiaka Ugwu

The Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, FCT command, Mr. Patrick Ukpan, has expressed his readiness to partner with the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, FCT Council to flush out fake journalists from the territory.

Ukpan made the promise at the weekend when the chairman of the NUJ FCT, Emmanuel Ogbeche, led other members of the newly elected executive to solicit his corporation and thank him for the effort his command has been putting up in the fight against vandalism.

Ukpan, who disclosed that security is the business of every FCT resident, raised the alarm on the level of vandalism in the city, stating that the corps has made suggestions to the government on how to reposition the fight against vandalism which includes the use of high technology.

According to him, ‘Not less than 10 vandals have been convicted, most of them who vandalized cables, solar panels among other important facilities in the city”.

He stated that their control team always go round the city checking the activities of the vandals, some of whom have been arrested paraded and prosecuted.

“Nigerians sometimes blame the government for some inadequacies, but the government and the security agencies have been trying and doing their best,” he said.

Earlier, chairman of the NUJ FCT Council, Emmanuel Ogbeche, had thanked the Corps for working round the clock to arrest vandals of electrical cables, manholes and solar panels, but stressed that they can do more.

“I came to introduce my new executive to you and to solicit your co-operation to work with your command in the area of fake journalists and vandalizes of government property in the city” he said.

Ogbeche said the council was in the process of setting up an anti-fake journalists’ committee and solicited the assistance of the command in the area of personnel deployment as members of the committee.