Following the terrorist attack that took place in two villages in Kaduna state, Monday, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), has announced that seven of its personnel were ambushed and killed in the attack.
Commandant General, NSCDC, Associate Professor, Ahmed Audi, described the attack as an “unfortunate incident and a big loss to the Corps, families of the slain victims and the nation.’
In a communique signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Corps, Olusola Odumosu, Audi said the seven personnel were attached to the Kaduna State Ministry of Mines and were ambushed and killed by bandits while on official duty at a mining site in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area, (LGA), of the state.
“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.
“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,” part of the communique reads.
Commiserating with the families and friends of the slain, Audi and prays 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.
Recall that yesterday media reports noted that terrorists, in their hundreds, stormed two communities in Birnin Gwari and killed scores of security personnel, comprising civil defence, police, soldiers and members of the vigilante.
