The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, has heightened it’s personnel fitness and operational efficiency with a 10 km Route March, preparatory to the 2027 general elections. The FCT Commandant Olusola Odumosu PhD, flagged off the exercise, at the Command HQ hinting that regular physical fitness exercises are vital to ensuring officers fitness especially with the 2027 general elections by the corner.
In a press statement e-signed and released to the National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP by the Corps’ Spokesperson, DSC Monica Ojobi, indicated that the Route March started from the FCT Command Headquarters to Berger, Wuye/Finance bridge, Zone 3, through Wuse market then back to the Command, drew personnel from the Command headquarters, Area commands and divisional offices.
The FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu stated that personnel’s fitness and readiness remained essential ahead of the 2027 elections, when officers would be required to support peaceful electoral processes, as well as protect lives and property. He added that regular physical fitness was central to operational efficiency, as it enables personnel to respond effectively to security threats.
According to him, physical and mental fitness will ensure proper protection of all Critical National Assets and Infrastructure (CNAI). He maintained that the exercise was also meant to promote teamwork, mental alertness, and discipline while boosting personnel’s morale and operational capacity, said it’s only an officer that is physically and mentally fit that can chase after a criminal and succeed.
He stressed that the Command is committed to ensuring that its officers remained prepared to discharge their responsibilities whenever called upon. “Whatever assignment comes our way, my troops are always in high spirits and will deliver without failure,” Odumosu stated.
He described the exercise as part of broader preparedness efforts, adding that the command would sustain the initiative to keep personnel physically and mentally fit.
The Commandant revealed that the corps has intensified its security operations across the FCT, including round-the-clock patrols aimed at curbing vandalism and other criminal activities.
He disclosed further that the command is extending its operations beyond the city centre to all six area councils, with a view to ensuring wider coverage and prompt responses to security threats. “All of these activities are to make my personnel fit, motivated and operationally ready to justify public trust and resources,” he said.
The Route March climaxed at the Command Headquarters with light Aerobics, table tennis competition, tug of war, chair dance amongst others.
