NDA Attack: Assault on Nigeria’s territorial integrity – Kaduna assembly Speaker

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Speaker of Kaduna State House of Assembly, Alhaji Yusuf Zailani, has described the invasion, killing and abduction at Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) as an assault on the country’s territorial integrity

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Zailani, who stated this in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Danfulani, in Kaduna, on Tuesday, said that the incident must be treated with all seriousness and thoroughly investigated.

The speaker described NDA as the premier training citadel for members of Nigeria’s armed forces and pride to the country and Africa.

He said that attack on such an institution was unacceptable and must be investigated by the military hierarchy.

“It is disheartening and unfortunate for such an attack to have taken place, catching those in charge of its internal security off-guard,” Zailani said.

 

While commending security personnel for making efforts to decimate bandits and insurgents nationwide, he said that they should not let the NDA incident demoralise them.

“I sincerely commiserate with the families of those who lost their lives.

“I am, however, pleased that the NDA authorities have given assurance that the assailants are being trailed and that they will be apprehended,” the speaker added.

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Previous PostNDA: Attack is a worrisome development-CDS Says..We can’t rule out insider collaboration The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has declared that the Nigeria Army is not ruling out an inside collaborator in the attack on Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) earlier on Tuesday. While reacting to the early hour’s attack on NDA that led to the death of one officer and the abduction of a Major, the CDS said that the incident is worrisome and the military is looking into it with keen interest adding that the attack is like robbers entering a house with the knowledge of an insider General Irabor also said that the experience and ideas of retired Senior Military Officers will go a long way in tackling insurgency and other criminality in the North-East sub region and country at large. General Irabor stated this in Yola, on Tuesday as part of his programs to meet Retired Senior Military Officers in the geo-political zones of the country worried by the security challenges faced in the country particularly in the North-East sub-region. The Yola meeting is the fifth zone the CDS is holding with the Retired Senior officers. General Irabor in an interview shortly after declaring the meeting opened said that the military is doing its best to crack down on the insurgents, bandits and other criminality saying that the recent surrendering of some Boko Haram members is a sign of the combined efforts the military. While assuring Nigerians that in no distance time, Nigeria will be safe for all, adding that the meeting with retired senior officers is to tap their wealth of experience and advice in the fight against insurgency and other criminality in Nigeria. On the repentant Boko Haram, the CDS said that the military has taken necessary measures to ensure that they did not go back to crime. Earlier, the Commander, 23 Brigade, Brigadier General Aminu Garba who represented the GOC 3 Div said that the contemporary security challenges in the region call for a holistic approach that entails all hands to be on the desk including the retired senior military Officers. He added that their knowledge of the area since they are all from this region will be of great help in combating crime and criminality (Nigerian Tribune)

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