The international airport in Kaduna came under a terrorist attack on Saturday, leaving a security guard dead.
The attack comes hours after gunmen reportedly killed over 50 residents across nine communities in Giwa LGA on Friday.
The incident at the airport was said to have resulted in panic as security operatives engaged the attackers in a gun duel. The Guardian reported that the terrorists number about 200.
Confirming the development in a telephone interview with TheCable, Amina Salami, the airport manager, denied reports that travelers were held, hostage.
According to her, the gunmen fired shots into the runway from the fenced area.
“The Azman flight had long taken off at the time the bandits started shooting. In fact, the Azman flight may have forgotten that they came to Kaduna at the time,” she said.
“It wasn’t clear whether they wanted to come into the airport, but they shot a security guard on runway 05. Unfortunately, on their way to the hospital, he died.
“I don’t know whether they wanted to come to the airport. Unfortunately, they shot at the runway and the bullet hit the security guard on the head.
“But the two flights we had had taken off. There is military personnel in the airport and they gave it to the terrorists.
“They seized some of their motorcycles. The military succeeded in chasing them away.”
This is the second major government property that came under terrorist attack in recent years. The first was Nigeria Defense Academy where top military officer was kidnapped.
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