ATTACK ON NDA : Buhari Tasks Armed Forces To Bring Decisive  End To Terrorism

The attack launched on the facility of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Tuesday, rather than throw a dampener into the morale of our Armed Forces as it is intended to, will buoy their determination to make a decisive end of criminality in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.

 

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President

(Media and Publicity) disclosed in a statement on Wednesday, August 25, 2021

 

While noting that the attack, which led to loss of lives, came at a time that the military had put insurgents, bandits, kidnappers, and other types of criminals on the retreat, the President said the heinous action would accelerate the total uprooting of evil in the polity, which members of the Armed Forces are solidly resolved to accomplish in the shortest possible time.

 

Commiserating with the families who lost their loved ones, and praying God to comfort them, President Buhari vowed that the deceased would not die in vain, as the degenerate act would have consequences that will eventually clean the country of vermin, and emancipate the polity from deliberate, targeted and contrived atrocious acts.

 

The President thanks all Nigerians who value and appreciate the efforts of our military, and urges those playing hateful politics with the dastardly act to desist, noting that rather than recriminations, this is the time for all patriots and people of goodwill to support and encourage those who are in the vanguard of the battle against wickedness in the land.

 

 

 

Earlier in the day, Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor had  declared that the  Army is not ruling out an insider collaborator from the attack on the Afaka barracks of the Nigerian Defence Academy early Tuesday morning.

 

General Irabor was reacting to the attack on the nation’s premier military training institution which claimed the lives of two officers, Lieutenant Commander Wulah and Flight Lieutenant Okoronkwo.

 

A third officer Major Datong was also abducted though his current status is unknown with some reports saying he was found dead two hours ago.