Bandits kill 7 NSCDC officers, 5 others
Bandits have killed 12 security operatives, including 7 officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in the Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna State.
This was confirmed by the Director, of Public Relations at the NSCDC National Headquarters, Olusola Odumosu in Abuja, the country’s capital.
The Director said they were “killed alongside five others by a sister security agency and local security service.”
He said the bandits killed the personnel connected to the Kaduna State Ministry of Mines while they were on official duty at a mining site.
The Informant247 gathered that the incident reportedly occurred, Monday, around 10 am at the mining site.
He said: “After the attack, the bandits carted away rifles of the slain operatives and the remains of the slain officers and men have been recovered and deposited at the Barau Dikko Hospital Kaduna.
“The Commandant-General, Dr Ahmed Audi, described the unfortunate incident as a big loss to the corps, families of the slain victims and the nation.
“He commiserates with the families and friends of the deceased and prays that God grants them the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss.
“In honour of the slain personnel, the C-G has directed that the corps’ flag be hoisted at half-mast and that a national prayer involving both Christians and Muslims be organised at the corps National headquarters, Abuja, to pray for God’s protection for all officers and men of the corps in the new year and avert a recurrence of such awful incident.”
