Bandits Attack NDA, Kill Two Officers, Abduct One

August 24, 2021
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THE Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna was reportedly attacked on Tuesday by bandits who killed two officers and abducted one.

The bandits were said to have invaded the permanent site of Nigeria’s foremost military university located along Airport Road, Afaka, in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State around 1.00am.

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Quoting a source, The Punch reports 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 few days after the abducted.

But they were finally released after spending 50 days in the bandits’ den following the intervention of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi.

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