The Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, said its security architecture was compromised early Tuesday morning by unknown gunmen who gained access into the residential area within the Academy in Afaka in which two military personnel were killed while another was abducted.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Academy Public Relations
Officer, Major Bashir Muhammed Jajira.
According to him, the Academy in collaboration with the 1Division ot
the Nigerian Army and Air Training Command as well as other security
agencies in Kaduna state has commenced the pursuit of the unknown
gunmen within the general area with a view to tracking them and rescue
the abducted personnel.
He said the NDA community and Cadets are safe in the Academy, and
assured the general public that the unknown gunmen will soon be
apprehended and the abducted personnel rescued.
NDA, a premier military university that trains officers for the armed
forces of Nigeria and some other African countries, is located on
Kaduna-Lagos highway and about 10 kilometers away from the Kaduna
city center.
