It was a sorrowful sight yesterday at the National Headquarters of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) as mourners wiped back tears a
Earlier, the director public relations of the NSCDC , DCC Olusola Odumosu who confirmed the devastating news in a statement said, in all, twelve security personnel were killed on Monday January 9, 2023, at about 10.00hrs at the Kuriga mining site in Birnin Gwari LGA of Kaduna State.According to Odumosu, the bandits took away the rifles of the slain security personnel, adding that their bodies have been recovered and deposited at the Barau Dikko Hospital Kaduna.
Audi who called the attack a “cruel terrorist act” and a “grave offence to God” wept profusely while praying for the bereaved families who he said will suffer the blow of the attack the most.
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