A military major who was kidnapped in the early hours of Tuesday by armed bandits at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna has been found dead, Africa Daily News, New York has learnt.
Bandits on military uniforms had killed two military officers and kidnapped the officer identified as Major Datong when they attacked Nigeria’s foremost military university on Tuesday afternoon.
The murdering bandits shot Lieutenant Commander Wulah and Flight Lieutenant Okoronkwo while Major Datong is still missing.
Datong has now been confirmed dead by anonymous sources close to the army hierarchy.
Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that the bandits invaded the permanent site of the institution located along Airport Road, Afaka, in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State around 1.00am.
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Incidentally, the military institution is opposite the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka where 39 students were abducted by bandits on March 11, 2021. The bandits demanded N500 million a few days after the abduction.
In a statement confirming the attack, the NDA revealed that it is on the trail of the gunmen who compromised its security architecture.
The statement read, ‘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 these unknown gunmen would soon be apprehended and the abducted personnel rescued.’
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
