The authority of the Nigeria’s military university, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), has confirmed a deadly attack on the institution from a terrorist group, saying that the institution lost two officers to the attack.
This confirmation was made in a press statement titled, “Security Breach of Nigerian Defence Academy Architecture” and signed by the Academy Public Relations Officer, Major Bashir Muhd Jajira.
The statement, which revealed that an officer was also abducted during the attack, reads:
“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”.
