Armed bandits
Armed bandits have reportedly attacked the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna, killing two officers and abducting four in the wee hours of Tuesday.
It was learnt that the incident occurred around 1AM on Tuesday morning at the permanent site of the nation’s premier defence institution.
Confirming the attack in a statement, The NDA Public Relations Officer, Major Bashir Muhd Jajira, said 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.
According to the statement: “During the unfortunate incident, we lost two personnel and one was abducted”.
Major Jajira, however, said that the Academy in collaboration with the 1 Division, Nigerian Army and Air Training Command as well as other security agencies in Kaduna state have commenced pursuit of the bandits 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 gunmen would soon be apprehended and the abducted personnel rescued”. The statement said.