DCG Hilary Kelechi Madu Takes Over As Acting Commandant General Of NSCDC

BY EVELYN DADU, ABUJA – The Deputy Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), DCG Hilary Kelechi Madu has assumed office as acting Commandant General of the corps.

Madu, who took over from the former Commandant General Abdullahi Gana, whose extended tenure of six months expired today January 18, 2021 and accordingly handed over to Madu, who is the most senior officer in the corps at a brief ceremony at the headquarters of the NSCDC in Abuja.

Madu is expected to act pending his forma[ appointment or the appointment of a substantive Commandant General of the NSCDC by President Muhammadu Buhari,