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House of Representatives Committee on Defence on Tuesday met behind closed doors with the Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Major-General Ibrahim Yusuf.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the House committee meeting with Major-General Yusuf was prompted by the recent attack by suspected bandits on the NDA.
During the attack on August 24, two officers were killed and one abducted.
Major-General Yusuf briefed the House committee behind closed doors after insisting documents to be presented to the committee members were classified.
Yusuf had before the meeting went into close door, said he would brief the committee on the ongoing effort of the military to rescue the abducted officer.
He disclosed that the Chief of Defence Staff, Lt Gen. Lucky Irabor had visited the scene of the attack the day it happened, adding that many other serving and retired military officers also visited.
The Committee Chairman, Babajimi Benson (APC-Lagos), therefore, asked journalists present to leave, but said the committee would find out about efforts being made to rescue the abducted officer.