Arms proliferation: NSCDC dismisses 2, exonerates mining commander

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC on Wednesday said it has dismissed two operatives of its Mining Marshal squad for unlawfully providing illegal miners with firearms.

The corps also exonerated the Mining Marshals Commander, John Onoja, whose team was allegedly linked to the diversion of N2 billion and a cover-up of circumstances leading to the death of a personnel, Levi Agada, in Nasarawa state.