Alarmingly Shocking as Bandit attack on NDA claims two lives

By, Licit.

Reports says that Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has confirmed that two personnel were killed in Afaka Barrack in Kaduna on Tuesday.

    Academy public Relations officer, Major Bashir Jajira confirmed the attack through a statement which stated that earlier this morning, Bandit invaded the Afaka Barrack of the Nigeria Defense Academy and killed a naval officer and abducted two Majors.

   The statement released is “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 1 Division 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 rescuing 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.”

   Concurrently, a Lieutenant Commander identified as Wulah and Flying Lieutenant CM Okoronwo have been identified as the victims who were shot dead during the invasion of NDA in the early hours of Tuesday.

A source within the barracks disclosed that the assailants struck when many were asleep.

The source further stated that security has been beefed up to prevent the bandits from escaping with their victims.