The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has dismissed two operatives of the Mining Marshal Unit for unlawfully providing illegal miners with firearms.

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

NSCDC Commandant General (CG) Ahmed Audi, while briefing newsmen, Wednesday in Abuja on the dismissal on Wednesday in Abuja, said the actions of the two now dismissed personnel contradicted established guidelines.

Audi, represented by NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, said their actions constituted grave misconduct, professional negligence and conduct prejudicial to the discipline and operational integrity of the corps.

“Consequently, both personnel have been dismissed from the service and recommended for prosecution in accordance with the law,” he said.

The commandant general said that the dismissal of the officers was based on the recommendation for prosecution of the personnel following the operational incident of Feb. 18, 2026 in Nasarawa, which led to the death of their location commander, Levi Agada.

The demise of agada resulted in several controversial publications by some media organisations on the operations of the mining marshal unit, headed by Onoja.

Onoja had then dismissed allegations linking his team to the diversion of N2 billion and cover up of circumstances surrounding Agada’s death.