On Monday, at the Kuriga mining site in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, bandits ambushed and killed seven officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
The officers were on official business at the Kuriga mining site when the incident took place, according to a statement released on Tuesday by Olusola Odumosu, the Director of Public Relations for the NSCDC.
Odumosu claimed that the attackers took the dead officers’ rifles, and he added that the bodies of the dead officers had been taken to the Barau Diko hospital in Kaduna.
The statement partly 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.”
Commandant-General of the NSCDC Ahmed Audi termed the tragedy as a significant loss for the Corps, families of the deceased victims, and the country in his letter of condolence to the families of the killed officers.
In addition, Audi ordered that the Corps’ flag be flown at half-mast in memory of the deceased officers and requested a national prayer be held at the Corps’ national headquarters in Abuja.
“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 organised 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,” the statement added.
