The Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA) has called for full investigation in the murder of a staff of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence corps (NSCDC) in Lagos.
The acting Managing Director, Terhemba Nongo, represented by the General Manager, Zones Operations (Public), Mr Oyesola Oyenle said this in a statement signed by the Head of Corporate Communications of NEPZA, Mr Simon Imobo-Tswam after a visit to the management of LADOL Free Zone in Lagos and the Commandant-General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence corps (NSCDC), Mr Abdullahi Muhammadu to commiserate with them over the killing of their staff.
Imobo-Tswam said Nongo who led the delegation on behalf of the managing director assured local and foreign investors operating under the Free Zone Scheme in Nigeria of adequate security of their lives and safety of their investments. Imobo-Tswam said that a Korean National, Mr Taekun Kang, a Manager with SHI-MCI Free Zone Enterprise and a Civil Defence Personnel were allegedly shot dead on April 10, by an operative of the NSCDC identified as Mr Innocent Oshemi. He said that Oshemi was on guard in the free zone at the time of the incident.
He pledged the agency’s support for full and thorough investigation into the matter while calling for calm to enable the relevant security agencies complete their investigation. The delegation included the General Manager, Public Private Partnership (PPP), Alhaji Ahmed Gurin, Head, Lagos Liaison Office, Mr Garba Hayatu and Manager, Free Zones, Mr Aliyu Kachalla among others.
