NSCDC Tasks Media Practitioners On Ethics

The Abia State Command
of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has advised media practitioners in the state to abide by ethics of their profession.
The state commandant, Mr Ben Dikuro, gave the advice in a statement on Monday.
Dikuro was reacting to a media publication in a national daily which claimed that officers of NSCDC in Abia manhandled a journalist in Umuahia.
The statement, signed by  the Public Relations Officer of the command Mr Victor Ogbonna and made available to newsmen  in Umuahia, on Monday described the publication as “false and mischievous”.
According to Dikuro, preliminary investigation conducted by the command showed that no officer of the command was at any time involved in any problem with a journalist, let alone manhandling one.
“In the said publication, one Adeh J. K. was named as NSCDC officer who brutalised the media man, Mr Chidi Asonye.
“Nowhere can one find such name in the records of NSCDC in Abia State Command,” he said.
Dikuro said that the media and security operatives were performing sacred duties, especially in the face of current security challenges.
“Any person with sinister motive to cause disaffection between the two organisations is being unpatriotic and should not be taken seriously,” he said.
Dikuro urged journalists to always cross-check their facts before publication considering the consequences of their reports on the image of the nation.
He, however, announced a committee, headed by the Public Relations Officer of the command, to further investigate the matter with the aim of finding out the true position of the publication.
Dikuro said that the NSCDC, under the headship of the Commandant General, Dr Ade Abolurin, had zero tolerance for misconduct and indiscipline.
He said that any person found culpable would be sanctioned.