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Over 200 bandits shutdown Kaduna International Airport

This is just unimaginable......sad indeed...

Over 200 bandits shutdown Kaduna International Airport.

More detailed information has emerged of how over 200 bandits stormed Kaduna International Airport, on Saturday, stopped Aircrafts from flying after killing one security personnel of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency.

An airport staff told DAILY POST, in Kaduna, Saturday evening that over 200 bandits stormed the airport around 12.00am.

He said they were speaking in Hausa, said, “Hausa ‘Zamu rufe airport ba jirgi da zai tashi’, meaning: We will shut down this airport. No aircraft will fly in and out.”

The source said the bandits alleged that the military took away their cows and as revenge, they stormed the Airport at midnight but were repelled by the military, stationed at the airport.

He said everybody thought, since the military has repelled them, they will never come back.

He added that everybody was surprised as they resurfaced around 1200am.

“In fact, our staff resumed work this morning as usual. They worked around the runway 5:00am till around 12:00pm.

“Then, shortly after that, some NAMA staff went to check some of their equipment, then these people (bandits) appeared and started shooting. The NAMA engineers scampered for safety, they could not even go and entered the vehicle that took them to the site. It was in the process that their security man was shot in the head.” He said

He said the injured security man was taken to the hospital but was confirmed dead on arrival.

“As I am talking to you now, the military is still battling those guys, and they are proving difficult to be repelled. Now, they have shut down the Airport,” he said

It was gathered that more military, security operatives were deployed to the Airport, for clearance operation using the Armoured Personnel Carrier.

The Kaduna State Police Command spokesman, ASP Muhammad Jalige did not pick his calls to confirm the details at the time of filing this report.


Further Details From Premium Times Below:

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has provided more details of the armed attack at the Kaduna airport on Saturday, and has confirmed a staff member was killed by the assailants.

The agency said a “group of bandits” attacked the Runway 05 axis but were repelled by security forces.

It said normalcy has since been restored at the airport and security officials recovered two motorbikes abandoned by the bandits.

The airport manager, Amina Salami, had earlier confirmed the attack, saying bandits invaded the airport through the perimeter fence from a nearby forest at about 1 p.m.

She said a security guard who was patrolling the runway was shot by the assailants before soldiers, attracted by the sound of gunshots, responded.

The attack delayed the takeoff of a Lagos-bound flight.

The Kaduna State government also confirmed the incident. Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i commended the security forces for their prompt response to the attack, and for repelling the attackers, and condoled with the family of the victim, the State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said.

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Comments

  1. Anonymous28 March 2022 at 05:10

    This is very sad! Which way Nigeria?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Hermosa29 March 2022 at 16:24

    They should just shut down Kaduna. Cuz I don't understand!!!!!

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