{"id":83686,"date":"2021-09-18T07:27:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T06:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=83686"},"modified":"2021-09-18T07:27:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T06:27:19","slug":"nda-attack-scores-of-bandits-killed-as-abducted-major-finally-regains-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/09\/18\/nda-attack-scores-of-bandits-killed-as-abducted-major-finally-regains-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"NDA attack: Scores of bandits killed as abducted Major finally regains freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Major Christopher Datong, who was kidnapped by bandits around 1 am on August 24, 2021, has regained his freedom after 24 days in his captors\u2019 den.<\/p>\n<p>Datong was kidnapped when the marauders, invaded the country\u2019s foremost military institution, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/24\/breaking-bandits-attack-nda-kill-two-officers-abduct-four\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigerian Defence Academy<\/a>, Afaka, Kaduna, killing two officers \u2013 identified as Lieutenant Wulah and Flight Lieutenant Okoronkwo.<\/p>\n<p>The bandits, who broke the fence of the institution, had headed in different parts of the premises and caught the officers on duty off guard.<\/p>\n<p>But it was gathered that the troops of the Nigerian Army, Air Force and other security agencies rescued Datong on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Col Ezindu Idimah, said in a statement issued in Kaduna that the officer was rescued in the late hours of September 17, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>According to the News Agency of Nigeria, several identified bandits\u2019 camps in the Afaka- Birnin Gwari area were destroyed while scores of bandits were killed during the rescue mission.<\/p>\n<p>Idimah said upon arrival at a camp suspected to be the location where Datong was being held, the troops exchanged fire with the bandits and in the process, the abducted officer was rescued.<\/p>\n<p>However, he said the officer sustained a minor injury, but had been treated in a medical facility and handed over to NDA for further action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur operations will continue until we capture or neutralise the assailants that killed two officers in the NDA on 24 August 2021,\u201d Idimah said.<\/p>\n<p>NDA Public Relations Officer, Maj. 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