The Nigerian Defence Academy has reacted to reports of bandits’ attacks on the facility claiming lives of two officers and the abduction of another during an early morning raid on Tuesday.
The NDA in a statement by Academy 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.
It added that during the unfortunate incident, the academy lost two personnel and one was abducted.
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The statement read, “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.”