Etim Ekpimah
On 8/1/2023 at about 1100hrs some unknown gunmen suspected to be armed bandits/Terrorist ambushed some personnel of Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC) and personnel of vigilantes service while on patrol at one mining site in Kiru village Kuriga ward Chikun LGA Kaduna State where mining activities are being carried out by one Sahlan engineering company. Seven (7) NSCDC personnel were shot dead, the names of the officers are as follows:
1. ASCI Shamsuddeen Labaran.
2. ASCII Peter Ayuba.
3. ASCII Simon Augustine
4. IC Micheal Miss.
5. IC Fidelis Yusuf.
6. IC Peter Nom.
7. Elisha Yashim Silas.
Five Vigilantes personnel and six (6) miners were also shot dead (names yet to be known).
The 18 corpses and casualties were taken to Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital Kaduna.
Meanwhile, an effort is in progress to get the names of the deceased Vigilantes and miners.