Four operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were buried by a landmine in Niger State.
A statement on Monday by the spokesperson of the paramilitary agency, Olusola Odumosu, said a bomb explosion had rocked an operational vehicle of the Niger State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps killing four operatives instantly while the driver of the vehicle sustained very serious injuries during the blast and had been rushed to the hospital where he is battling for his life.
He disclosed that the explosion occured in Galadiman kogo axis in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State in the early hours of Monday involving some officers and men of NSCDC Niger Command attached to Shiroro Hydro Power Station, Shiroro, Niger State on a routine patrol in the early hours of Monday when their patrol vehicle stepped on a buried land mine which exploded immediately killing all occupants except the driver who is in a very critical condition.
Odumosu said the dead operatives were
Mohammed Ibrahim (Assistant Superintendent of Corps 1), Cheche Ahmed (Assistant Superintendent of Corps 11), Yunusa Mahmam (Inspector of Corps) and Bala Abdullahi (Corps Assistant 1), while the driver, identified as Inspector Bala Adamu,
was in critical condition at the hospital.
Odumosu said the Commandant General, NSCDC, Dr Ahmed Audi, PhD, had commiserated with the families of the deceased officers and men who paid the supreme price in service to the Nation and reassured residents of Niger of the Corp’s resolve and commitment to the security of life and property of Nigerians without deterrence.
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