UPDATE ON KIDNAP INCIDENT AT NDA AFAKA

*UPDATE ON KIDNAP INCIDENT AT NDA AFAKA*

1.  AN ASSESSMENT OF THE KIDNAP INCIDENT REVEALED THAT THE BANDITS GAINED ACCESS AND ESCAPED THROUGH BREACHING THE BARBWIRE FENCE OF THE ACADEMY ALONG AIRPORT ROAD IN AFAKA (PICS ATTACHED). FURTHER CHECKS REVEALED BUSHY AREAS AROUND THE OFFICERS QUARTERS TO THE FENCE AREA WHICH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE GIVEN THE BANDITS EASY CONCEALMENT DURING ESCAPE. MORESO, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE RESPONSE TIME OF TROOPS TO THE CRIME SCENE WAS SLOW AS THE BANDITS SUCCESSFULLY BROKED INTO 5 DIFFERENT FLATS IN THE SAME BLOCK AND SWIFTLY WITHRAW BEFORE THE INTERVENTION OF TROOPS. FURTHER ASSESSMENT REVEALED THAT THE BANDIT'S ESCAPE ROUTE LEADS  ACROSS THE AIRPORT ROAD TO AN OPEN FARM/BUSH AREA NEAR GIDAN GADO VILLAGE IN AFAKA. THE BANDITS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE ESCAPED EITHER TO BURUKU AND MAGUZAWA AXIS OR THE RIYAWA AXIS IN IGABI LGA WHICH IS KNOWN AS NOTORIOUS BANDITS HIDEOUTS. CONSEQUENTLY, THERE IS NEED FOR ROBUST CLEARANCE OPERATIONS ALONG THOSE AREAS. 

2. THOUGH THERE IS FRANTIC JOINT EFFORTS BY TROOPS AND OTHER SECURITY FORCES IN THE STATE WITH A VIEW TO RESCUEING THE KIDNAPPED OFFICER, IT IS STRONGLY SUGGESTED THAT THE SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS IN NDA NEED TOTAL OVERHAULING. THIS IS WITH A VIEW TO AVERTING FUTURE RECURRENCE. MONITORING CONTINUES.

CDS VISIT TO NDA

3. AT ABOUT 241630A AUG 21, THE CDS VISITED NDA OVER THE ARMED BANDITS ATTK INCIDENT. THE CDS AND HIS ENTOURAGE WHICH INCLUDE THE DOPS DIA AND OTHER OTHER SENIOR MILITARY OFFICERS WERE RECEIVED AT THE KADUNA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY THE NDA COMDT AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE ACADEMY. THE VISIT WAS AIMED AT GETTING FIRSTHAND INFORMATION ON THE INCIDENT FOR FURTHER APPROPRIATE ACTION. THE CDS WAS BRIEFED BY THE COMDT AND LATER TAKEN TO THE INCIDENT SCENE (PICS ATTACHED).  THE VISIT WAS HITCH FREE AND CDS AND HIS TEAM DEPARTED TO ABUJA.