Bandits kill 7 NSCDC operatives, 5 others
Twelve security operatives, including seven personnel of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, have been killed by bandits operating in the Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna State. Director, Public Relations at the NSCDC National Headquarters, Olusola Odumosu, who disclosed this in Abuja, said they were “killed alongside five others by a sister security agency and local security service.” According to him, 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 Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The sad incident reportedly took place on Monday, January 9, 2023, at about 10 am at the Kuriga mining site in Birnin Gwari. 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 u...