Operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, neutralised over 50 Boko Haram members during a cross-fire at Farin-Kasa Area, Chukun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
NSCDC’s spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, who disclosed this in a statement, said the incident took place on Monday evening.
Afolabi said a special monitoring squad comprising 80 officers and men were deployed to survey and monitor the recently vandalised national grid installation in Shiroro area of Niger State.
He said 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.
He said the team were attacked while crossing from Shiroro axis after the surveillance and monitoring oversight of the installations.
“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 operatives repelled the attack and successfully neutralised over 50 terrorists,” Afolabi said.
According to him, at the time of filing this report, about seven operatives of the corps are currently missing.
“Efforts are underway to locate them in the bush, while a few others who sustained various degrees of Injuries are currently undergoing medical treatment,” he added.
Afolabi also disclosed that the Commandant-General, Ahmed Audi, while awaiting 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 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 the corps, being the lead agency in the protection of Critical National Assets and Infrastructure, CNAI, would not be deterred by the attack, but will strengthen efforts in actualising President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed hope Agenda. NAN
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