The Strategic Communications Interagency Policy Committee SCIPC says the operatives of the National Park Service (NPS) arrested 621 criminals for various offences between January and October 2024.
The Director Legal Services Office of the National Security Adviser , Zakari Mijinyawa stated this at End-of-Year Press Briefing organized by the SCIPC under the office of the National Security Adviser ONSA
He stressed that the use of forests and National Parks as hideouts by criminals has become a serious national security concern in Nigeria.
He highlighted that parks like Kamuku, Chad Basin, and Kainji Lake have faced violent incursions, threatening park management and surrounding communities.
