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Bandits attack Nigerian Defence Academy, kill two officers and abduct one other



Bandits have attacked the permanent site of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna state in the early hours of today, August 24. The armed bandits who were said to have dressed in military attire killed two officers and abducted another.

The bandits were said to have come to the NDA in a vehicle and headed to the officers quarters where they shot sporadically, causing fear and confusion in the Academy which is located not very far from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka.

Confirming the attack, the Academy's Public Relations Officer, Major Bashir Muhd Jajira, in a statement released, 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. 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 gunmen would soon be apprehended and the abducted personnel rescued.” 

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