The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said its operatives on mission to monitor electrical installations killed over 50 boko haram members during a cross-fire with members of the insurgent group at Farin- Kasa Area, Chukun LGA of Kaduna State.
The NSCDC team wad attacked while crossing from the Shiroro axis of Kaduna after the surveillance and monitoring oversight of electrical installations in the area, NSCDC Spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi said in a statement on Wednesday.
He added that seven NSCDC officers were still missing in the incident took place on Tuesday evening.
Giving further information on the incident, Afolabi said that a special monitoring squad comprising of 80 officers and men were deployed to survey and monitor the recently vandalised national grid installation in Shiroro area of Niger state.
He said that the operatives drawn from the Commandant General Special Intelligence Squad (CG SIS) were sent to assess the state of damage, conduct surveillance activities and possibly arrest and bring perpetrators to book.
“ From the top of a hill located at Farin-Kasa, the group opened fire upon sighting the long convoy of the NSCDC monitoring team using different sophisticated weapons.
“The NSCDC operatives in the ambush, however, not overwhelmed by terrorists, repelled the attack and successfully neutralized over 50 of the terrorists in the crossfire,” he said.
According to him, as at the time of filling this report, about seven operatives of the corps were currently missing.
‘Efforts are currently underway to locate them in the bush. While a few others who sustained various degrees of Injuries are currently undergoing medical treatment in a Medical facility,” he sa
Afolabi added that, the NSCDC Commandant General, Ahmed Audi, while awaiting the full briefing on the incident from the officers on the field described the attack as callous, unfortunate and an attack too many on security operatives who have sworn to the defence of the country.
Audi commended the courage, resilience and gallantry of the operatives in neutralising over 50 of the bandits despite the attack from the mountain top, affirming that the corps is proud of them and would never forget such unflinching commitment.
He said that the corps being the lead agency in the protection of Critical National Asset and Infrastructure (CNAI) will not be deterred by the attack but will strengthen efforts in actualising President Tinubu’s renewed hope agenda.
“The NSCDC will ensure the revival of the power sector for a stable electricity supply nationwide,” he said.(NAN)
