By Emma Ogbuehi
Bandits went further in their murderous antics on Tuesday with an attack on Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), killing two personnel and abducting one. NDA is the Nigerian elite military institution where officers are trained.
A release by the Academy Public Relations Officer, Major Bashir Muhd Jajira, confirmed the assault, stressing that it took place in the residential section of the institution. It added that the NDA in collaboration with the military and other sister security agencies had launched manhunt for the hoodlums with the aim of apprehending them and releasing the abducted personnel. The cadets and other sections of the Academy, were safe, according to the release.
The statement, titled, ‘Security breach of Nigerian Defence Academy Architecture’, read:
“The security architecture of the Nigerian Defence Academy was compromised early this morning by unknown gunmen who gained access into the residential area within the Academy in Afaka. During the unfortunate incident, we lost two personnel and one was abducted.
“The Academy in collaboration with the 1Division Nigerian Army and Air Training Command as well as other security agencies in Kaduna state has since commenced pursuit of the unknown gunmen within the general area with a view to tracking them and rescue the abducted personnel.
“The NDA community and Cadets are safe in the Academy. We assure the general public that this unknown gunman would soon be apprehended and the abducted personnel rescued”.
Kaduna, the North West, as well as other parts of the country have been under serious attacks by bandits and other criminal elements in recent time, killing, maiming, abducting school children and making life difficult for Nigerians.