Officer cadets of the Nigerian Army School of Infantry (NASI) in Jaji, Kaduna State came under fire from bandits on Tuesday, Peoples Gazette, an online newspaper in Nigeria just reported.
The paper reported that unconfirmed number of assailants, suspected to be cattle rustlers, ran into students of Tactics Wing, NASI, during ‘Exercise Wazobia’ — a rigorous military drill at Labar camp and opened fire, sources said.
“The armed escort responded with high volume of fire and the bandits escaped in disarray,” a source told the Gazette Wednesday morning.
It was learnt that a soldier, who sustained gunshot wounds in the attack, was promptly evacuated to a medical facility in the state for treatment.
It could not be immediately ascertained if the officer cadets undergoing military courses ranging from young officers course (YOC), company commanders course (CCC) and commanding officers course (COC) will resume combat training at the volatile camp or relocate to another exercise ground.
Several states in the north west and north east regions of Nigeria have come under repeated attacks by various criminal franchises in the last few years.
Boko Haram terrorist group, Fulani herdsmen, bandits and kidnappers have often had a field day across communities in various parts of the north.
