Abducted Army Major Released By Bandits After Attack On NDA

Main CL Datong, who was kidnapped final month when bandits stormed the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna, has been launched.

On August 24, 2021, bandits stormed the NDA, murdering two senior officers within the assault.

Colonel Ezindu Idimah, Deputy Director Military Public Relations 1 Division, Nigerian Military, introduced Datong’s restoration from the kidnapper’s hideout on Friday night time. Idimah claimed that the operation that led to his rescue resulted within the destruction of quite a few acknowledged bandit camps within the state’s Afaka-Birnin Gwari districts.

In the course of the operation, he claims, scores of bandits had been murdered, notably within the late hours of September 17, 2021.

“The troops arrived at a camp suspected to be the placement the place Maj CL Datong was being held. On the camp, the troops exchanged fireplace with the bandits and overwhelmed them with superior fireplace.

Within the course of, the gallant troops had been in a position to rescue the kidnapped officer. Nevertheless, the officer sustained a minor damage however he has been handled in a medical facility and handed over to NDA for additional motion,” he mentioned

 

He praised the NAF, DSS, Nigerian Police, and “patriotic Nigerians” for his or her important help, which he mentioned contributed to the operation’s success.

In different information, Professor Abass Olajire, a lecturer on the Ladoke Akintola College of Know-how (LAUTECH), has died.

Late Olajire slumped and died whereas worshipping inside a mosque on Friday, September 17, in response to an announcement made by the varsity PRO, Lekan Fadeyi.

“He slumped on the Ansarul Deen Mosque, Stadium Street and was confirmed lifeless on the LAUTECH Educating Hospital” he mentioned

The professor was declared lifeless on the LAUTECH instructing hospital, in response to Fadeyi.

Olajire is a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo College and the College of Ibadan, and joined Ladoke Akintola College of Know-how as an assistant lecturer in 1990.

Could his soul relaxation in peace.