Huge Cash Gifts Disbursed, Automatic Jobs Reserved for Slain NSCDC Officers' Family Members
- The NSCDC has made commendable efforts to console bereaved family members of officers who were killed by bandits recently in Kaduna
- The service on Wednesday, January 18, gave the family members cash gifts pending when all the accrued benefits of the late loved ones will be paid
- Added to this, the security agency announced that it has reserved automatic employment for the affected next of kin
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Kaduna - Family members of the seven personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps who were ambushed and killed by bandits recently in Kaduna have been offered automatic employment in the NSCDC.
Leadership reports that reserved employment slots were added to the cheques of an undisclosed amount of money to late officers' next of kin apart from the payment of their accrued benefits which is to come soonest.
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This was disclosed by the corps commandant-general, Ahmed Abubakar Audi on Thursday, January 19, when he led top management team of NSCDC on a personal condolence visit to the bereaved families in Kaduna.
Audi admitted that the killing of the officers which took place in the Birnin-Gwari area of the state was the most painful and tragic for him.
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He described the killing of the seven gallant officers as colossal and charged other personnel not to be deterred by the ugly incident, saying, instead, they should continue to put in their best for Nigeria's safety.
“Death is inevitable, it is heart touching losing the personnel.
"Although, this is not the first time we are losing personnel, but it’s so painful that we lost seven personnel at a time.
“It is a great loss, that is why I am here personally, to encourage all of you, to continue to do your best and not give up.”
Armed bandits kill seven NSCDC personnel in Kaduna state
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kaduna state command, had said seven of its officers were killed in an attack at Kuriga mining site, in the Birnin Gwari local government area of the state.
Five other security operatives attached to a sister agency were said to have been killed in the incident, which happened on Monday, January 9.
The NSCDC spokesperson, Olusola Odumosu, in a statement on Tuesday, January 10 seen by Legit.ng noted that the personnel, who were attached to the state ministry of mines, were killed while on official duty at the site.
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