President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed anguish over the death of seven personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, who were ambushed and killed by bandits in Kaduna State while on official duty.
Consequently, the president directed the armed forces to seek the bandits who inflicted this casualty and make them pay the price.
According to a statement released by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Garba Shehu on Thursday, January 12, 2023, the President described the loss of the NSCDC personnel as a tragic event and saluted the courage of the men who gave their lives to the nation.
He said, “The NSCDC personnel who braved all challenges to guard our nation and its people had made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, my thoughts are with the bereaved families and their compatriots in the service, May God grant them and the entire service the fortitude to bear the loss.”
Channels Television reported that bandits on Monday ambushed and killed seven officers at the Kuriga mining site in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna.
The personnel were attached to the Kaduna State Ministry of Mines and were on official duty at the Kuriga mining site when they were attacked.
Five other personnel from a sister security agency and local security service were also murdered by ferocious bandits during the attack which occurred at 10am on Monday.
SAD: Student Allegedly Commits Suicide In NSCDC Cell
A student of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, has reportedly committed suicide while in the custody of the Nigerian Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, in Kebbi state.
Victor Musa was said to have slashed himself to death with a razor blade while in protective custody of the NSCDC.
The incident was said to have happened on Sunday.
NSCDC staff immediately rushed him to Sir Yahaya Memorial Hospital, Birnin Kebbi, where he was confirmed dead, it was learnt.
A source said the deceased was taken to the NSCDC office on Saturday night to curb his drug abuse.
Terrorists Planning Attacks On Lagos, FCT, Katsina, 3 Others – NSCDC Alerts
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has placed all its state commands on alert, following intelligence reports that Boko Haram terrorists, as well as those of Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, have heightened plots to attack the nation’s capital, Abuja, and five other states, including Lagos.
This came as military sources confirmed, on Monday, July 25, 2022, that a Lieutenant and five soldiers were still missing after last Sunday’s attack on troops of 7 Guards Battalion and 176 Battalion of Guards Brigade by terrorists in Abuja, which left an Army captain dead.
In the leaked memo, dated July 25 and signed by the Deputy Commandant General, DCG, Operations, Dauda Mungadi, which was addressed to all state commands of the NSCDC, the Corps said two separate bandit groups have also concluded plans to attack Abuja and others.
The memo read: “We have received credible intelligence that Boko-Haram and the ISWAP terrorist groups have mobilised fighters and high calibre weapons, particularly Rocket Propelled Grenades, RPG, launchers, Anti-Aircraft, AA, guns and General Purpose Machine Guns, GPMGS, which they intend to deploy for the offensive in Katsina State.
“In another development, two separate bandit groups are plotting coordinated attacks on North-West, North-Central and South-West (Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna, Kogi, FCT and Lagos), respectively.
“Consequently the Commandant-General has directed you to scale up deployment in all strategic places including schools, worship centres and critical national assets in your respective states to checkmate any possible threats by these criminal elements. Please treat as urgent.”
There has been apprehension in the nation’s capital and other parts of the country, following increased attacks on security formations, as well as the Presidential Guards, in Abuja.
Also, yesterday, military sources confirmed that a Lieutenant and five soldiers were still missing after last Sunday’s attack on troops of 7 Guards Battalion and 176 Battalion of Guards Brigade, by terrorists, in Abuja, which left an Army Captain dead.
This is just as it has emerged that both Captain Samuel Attah, who was killed, and Lieutenant Ibrahim Suleiman, who is among those still missing in action, are indigenes of Kogi State.
Sources told Vanguard that while those who sustained injuries during the ambush were recieving medical attention at a military medical facility in Abuja, efforts were currently on to locate and rescue the missing officers.
A source, however, said there might be likelihood that some soldiers, who escaped the ambush with bullet wounds, may have paid the supreme price but noted that until they were found, they would still be considered as missing in action, MIA.
Recall that spokesman of Guards Brigade, Captain Godfrey Abakpa, had confirmed, on Monday, that terrorists ambushed troops attached to the Presidential Guards Brigade, as they were conducting patrols in Bwari area, as a result of intelligence that the Nigeria Law School, Bwari, may be attacked.
Authorities of the Law School were said to have alerted the public that terrorists had dropped a letter indicating an imminent attack.
Captain Abakpa said it was when troops responded to the fears of the Law School and residents of the area that the terrorists attacked the troops who were already combing the vicinity to locate and flush out the terrorists.
The late Captain Samuel Attah is said to be the son of a retired Colonel in the Nigerian Army, Col. Ahmodu Babanawa, who hails from Ibaji/Okpo in Olamaboro Local Government Area.
Late Attah was from Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State.
