The attack launched on the facility of the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA, on Tuesday will rather boost the determination of the Armed Forces to end criminality in the country, than dampen their morale.
This is the declaration made by President Muhammadu Buhari in his reaction to the attack at the NDA on Tuesday.
Two officers were killed while one was abducted by the bandits who staged the attack.
Noting that the attack 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 were solidly resolved to accomplish in the shortest possible time.
Commiserating with the families who lost their loved ones, and praying God to comfort them, Buhari vowed that the deceased would not die in vain, as the degenerate act would have consequences that would eventually clean the country of vermin, and emancipate the polity from deliberate, targeted and contrived atrocious acts.
The president thanked all Nigerians who value and appreciate the efforts of the military, and urged those playing hateful politics with the dastardly act to desist, noting that rather than recriminations, it was the time for all patriots and people of goodwill to support and encourage those who were in the vanguard of the battle against wickedness in the land.
