Joachim Okafor has assumed office as the new commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Rivers. The command’s spokesman, Olufemi Ayodele, made this known in a statement in Port Harcourt on Thursday. Ayodele said the new commandant succeeded Mr Igwebueze, who has been redeployed. He said Okafor would oversee operations against illegal bunkering and pipeline vandalism in the state. Ayodele said before Okafor’s new role, he had served as the NSCDC commandant in Niger. At the handover ceremony at the command’s headquarters in Port Harcourt, NSCDC Zone L Commander, Mr Ayi…