Four personnel killed as explosive device detonated near an NSCDC vehicle on routine patrol

A landmine explosion rocked an operational vehicle of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger state, killing four people instantly and seriously injuring the driver.

Mohammed Ibrahim, an Assistant Superintendent of Corps 1, Cheche Ahmed, an Assistant Superintendent of Corps 11, Yunusa Mahmam, an Inspector of Corps, and BALA Abdullahi, a Corps Assistant 1, were among the dead personnel.

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Inspector Bala Adamu was identified as the vehicle’s driver.

The corps spokesman, DCC Odumosu Olusola, said in a statement released Monday in Abuja that the injured driver had been rushed to the hospital and is currently receiving
treatment.
Olusola said: “The explosion occured along Galadiman kogo axis in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger state at the early hours of Monday morning 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 morning when their patrol vehicle stepped on a buried land mine which exploded immediately killing all occupants except the driver who is currently in a very critical condition.

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“The Commandant-General, NSCDC, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, PhD, has commiserated with 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 lives and property of Nigerians without deterrence.”