By Palma Ileye
Seven personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, were ambushed and killed alongside 5 others from a sister security agency and local security service.
In a press release issued today from the Headquarters in Abuja by the NSCDC, Director of Public Relations, DCC Olusola Odumosu, the personnel who were attached to the Kaduna State Ministry of Mines were ambushed and killed by bandits while on official duty at a mining site in Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna State.
The statement stated that the sad incidence took place on Monday 9th of January 2023, at about 10.00hrs at the Kuriga mining site in Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna State.
It read, “After the attack, the bandits carted away riffles of the slain operatives and the remains of the slain officers and men have been recovered and deposited at the Barau Diko Hospital Kaduna.”
The Commandant General, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has described the unfortunate incident as a big loss to the Corps, families of the slain victims and the nation.
Audi commiserated with the families and friends of the deceased and prayed that God grants them the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss.
In honour of the slain personnel, the CG has directed that the Corps’ flag be hoisted at half-mast and that a national prayer involving both Christians and muslims be organized at the Corps National headquarters, Abuja, to pray for Gods protection for all officers and men of the Corps in the new year and avert a recurrence of such awful incident.