The four are among seven officials of the civil defence corps (NSCDC) killed by terrorists in an ambush in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The four are among seven officials of the civil defence corps killed by terrorists, locally called bandits, in an ambush in Kuriga village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area on Monday.
On Saturday, the Kaduna State Command of the NSCDC handed over the remaining four corpses to their families for burial. Mr Abubakar, represented by the NSCDC Commandant in Kaduna, Idris Adah, noted that President Muhammadu Buhari and the entire NSCDC staff and Nigerians were all saddened by the event.
“Notwithstanding, appropriate attention will be given to the families of this our slain brothers,” the News Agency of Nigeria quotes the official as saying.
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