Air force sergeant arrested over attack on NDA

By our reporter/ A sergeant, Torsabo Solomon, has been arrested by the Nigeria air force in connection with the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Kaduna in August.

Two officers were killed and one other officer was abducted suspected bandits attacked the country’s premier military college.

According to military sources, Solomon was arrested on Monday at the NAF’s 153 BSG in Yola, Adamawa state capital.

The order to arrest the suspect, currently serving at Air Force Comprehensive School in Yola, was said to have come from IM Yusuf, a major-general and the commandant of the NDA.

He is also suspected of selling arms and ammunition to bandits and criminals.

Following his arrest, he was said to have been taken to the NDA in Kaduna for further investigation.

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It will be recalled that in the wake of the NDA attack, the presidency had described the incident as a deliberate attempt to make the government look bad and discourage the military in its fight against insecurity.

 

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