Security operatives from the army, air force and other agencies have launched a manhunt for the bandits who raided the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, killing, maiming and kidnapping military officers from the institution.
Meanwhile the city of Kaduna was yesterday thrown into apprehension following the news of bandits’ attack on the NDA which left two officers dead and one abducted.
It was noticed that the roads and other activities in Kaduna metropolis became relatively quiet following the news of the attack in the morning as people scaled down their activities apparently for fear of the unknown. The NDA had said that the Army and the Nigerian Airforce and other security agencies had commenced a manhunt for the attackers of the institution, while confirming that two of its officers were killed with another one abducted when the unknown gunmen in large numbers attacked the institution.
Competent security source who spoke with our correspondents on telephone said the incident occurred at about 1am on Tuesday morning at the permanent site of the nation’s premier defence institution. “The attack is already being looked at and in due course the details would be made known. The incident in Kaduna is more of an undertaking by bandits. Any form of insecurity is a cause of worry for anyone.
The military, he added, would reach out to good people of the region to appreciate them for their support in the fight against insurgency and ask for more, as solutions to insecurity is everybody’s business. “ACF, first and foremost, commiserates with the families of those who lost their lives during today’s attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy. These gallant men have paid the supreme price for Nigeria, their motherland. We hope their sacrifices are not in vain. The Forum is praying that the abducted officer will be rescued and the criminals who abducted him brought to book.
“We of the ACF are particularly sad because Kaduna is our home, not only because our headquarters is located here but for a long time, even after the split of our Northern Region, Kaduna remained home to all northerners. He said this in a statement signed by his special adviser on Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Dahiru Danfulani, yesterday.
According to him, it is sad that people cannot sleep without some armed men knocking on their doors and picking them for ransom. He, however, told journalists in the state and nation to assiduously work towards enhancing fair and balanced reporting aimed at combating fake news and enhancing peace.Some military experts have said the attack on NDA is disgraceful and unacceptable, adding that nowhere in Nigeria is safe any longer.
” I used to believe that the whole thing is politics because I cannot see bandits hiding anywhere in Nigeria with the Nigerian Army that I went through; to eliminate these bandits wherever they are in Nigeria should not take the Nigerian Army more than one month. “For any reason, if they can come to the barracks, in the academy and then succeed in doing what they did by killing officers and abducting another one, in fact even coming into the barracks, the guts that they have to come inside the academy is enough to tell our security personnel that these guys are more than willing, ever ready and determined in what they are doing. ”
The situation was the same at the headquarters of the NNS Pathfinder located at Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, and Naval barracks located in Borokiri and Old GRA, all in Port Harcourt. However, the Navy and Army formations in the state have intensified the security network since last week as a result of three ceremonies in Delta State.
The three ceremonies were the coronation of the 21st Olu of Warri, His Majesty Ogiame Atuwatse III, the visit of the Inspector-General of Police , Mr Alkali Baba to Delta as part of his familiarisation tour of state police commands and formations across the country, and the celebration of the life of Pa Okowa, father of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta.
Although there have been a series of invasions of minor military units in Borno, adequate security measures are now in place by the military to halt the marauding terrorists from invading.
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