Major Datong, who was kidnapped in the early hours of
Tuesday by armed bandits at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna has been found
dead, Vanguard and PM News reported.
Bloodthirsty bandits had killed two military officers and
kidnapped Datong when they attacked Nigeria’s foremost military university on
Tuesday.
The murdering bandits shot Lieutenant Commander Wulah and
Flight Lieutenant Okoronkwo while Major Datong is still missing.
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.
A source told our correspondent that the hoodlums, who were
dressed in military camouflage, beat the guards and headed for the officers’
quarters of the institution.
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.
But they were finally released after spending 50 days in the
bandits’ den following the intervention of former President Olusegun Obasanjo
and controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi.
In a statement confirming the attack, the NDA revealed that
it is on the trail of the gunmen who compromised its security architecture.
This was issued by the Academy Public Relations Officer,
Bashir Muhd Jajira.
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.”
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