By Sayyadi Abubakar Yakasai
The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, came under gunfire Monday night, June 15, 2026, as suspected attackers tried to breach Nigeria’s foremost policy school near Jos.
Two soldiers and one police officer were reportedly killed before security forces repelled the assault.
The attack began around 11:00 p.m.
Armed men attempted to force their way into the institute and reach the residential quarters where course participants were lodged, according to initial report by NewsmakersNG.
Sources said the slain police officer was the orderly attached to a retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police. The two soldiers died in the exchange of fire that followed.
But the attackers were stopped. Security operatives stationed at NIPSS mounted swift resistance and blocked access to the participants’ wing.
“No participant was abducted because the security forces successfully repelled the attackers before they could enter the residential area,” a source familiar with the incident was quoted to have said.
—NIPSS confirms incident, urges calm—
In a press release issued early Tuesday, June 16, the institute confirmed a “security incident occurred in the vicinity of the Institute in the early hours of today.”
Management said the situation was “promptly brought under control through the swift response of security personnel and relevant security agencies.”
“There is currently no threat to the safety of participants, staff, residents, or facilities of the Institute, and normal activities are continuing as scheduled,” said Dr. Osime Samuel, mni, Head of Public Affairs.
The institute stressed that investigations were ongoing and it would be “premature to speculate on the nature, scope, or outcome of the event.”
NIPSS said it could not confirm details circulating on social media.
“We urge members of the public and the media to rely on official communications from the Institute and relevant security agencies,” the statement added.
–Manhunt begins, motive unclear–
As of press time, authorities had not released an official statement on the motive behind the attack.
Security has reportedly been reinforced around the institute as investigations and manhunt operations commenced.
NIPSS Kuru trains Nigeria’s top bureaucrats, military officers, and policy strategists. An attack on the institute is an attack on the country’s policy brain trust. That it was targeted at night, with participants inside, has raised fresh fears about insecurity reaching Nigeria’s elite institutions.
For now, the guns are silent. The participants are safe. But three security men paid with their lives to keep it that way.
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