NDA attack: Those behind could be planning to embarrass Buhari – Presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, has said that the recent attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), might be a ploy to embarrass his principal.

Suspected bandits attacked the NDA facility in Kaduna early hours of Tuesday which saw the death of two officers and the abduction of one.

Shehu, in an interview on Channels Television on Wednesday night, claimed that the incident might be politically-motivated in a way to embarrass Buhari’s administration, amid the “major successes” achieved by the military in the fight against insurgency and banditry.

Shehu further stated that the presidency expects the military to thoroughly investigate and disclose what happened

“The president has denounced it. He is not happy about it. It is now left for the military authorities to thoroughly investigate this and bring out what happened, he said

“So many scenarios are being painted though. Could this be truly a criminal attempt to violate the sanctity of that military institution? Was this an opportunistic crime? Is it political? Does somebody want to embarrass the government by doing this?

“We are coming from major successes. Look at how Boko Haram is unravelling in the north; they surrendered. All of the victories that have been recorded even in the north-west — these bandits are being taken out in large numbers.

“So, in a climate — political climate — in which people seek to make political capital out of this unfortunate incident, you don’t rule in anything, you don’t rule out anything,” he added