Bashir Muhd Jajira, spokesperson of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), has confirmed that the academy was attacked by some unspecified number of armed bandits in the early hours of Tuesday, August 24, 2021.
Neptune Prime reported that the bandits stormed the academy at about 1:00am killing two officers (a Major and a Squadron Leader) while taking away another Major.
In a statement confirming the attack, the NDA spokesperson revealed that it is on the trail of the bandits who breached its security architecture.
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The statement 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 these unknown gunmen would soon be apprehended and the abducted personnel rescued.”
