By Joseph Edegbo :
Military authorities in Kaduna have confirmed the killing of 2 and abduction of 1 of their personnel in the early hours of Tuesday by unknown gunmen who broke into the Nigerian Defence Academy.
The authorities did not say whether the victims are officers or non- commissioned .
A statement by the Academy Public Relations Officer, Major Bashir Jajira, said “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 this unknown gunmen would soon be apprehended and the abducted personnel rescued”, it concludes.