Seven NSCDC officers, other Security operatives killed by gunmen in ambush attack
Seven NSCDC officers, other Security operatives killed by gunmen in ambush attack
Suspected bandits have reportedly killed no fewer than seven personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) alongside five other security officers from a sister security agency and local security service.
According to a statement by the Corps’ director of public relations, DCC Olusola Odumosu, the deceased officers, attached to the Kaduna State Ministry of Mines, were ambushed and killed, while on official duty at a mining site in Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna State.
The attack reportedly happened on Monday January 9, 2023, at about 10.00hrs at the Kuriga mining site in Birnin Gwari LGA of the State.
The statement said: “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,” Odumosu said.
The Commandant-general of NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, described the unfortunate incident as a big loss to the Corps, families of the slain victims and the nation at large.
He commiserated with the families and friends of the deceased and prayed that God grants them the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss.
