The Kaduna International Airport located in Igabi Local Government Area, Kaduna State on Saturday came under attack by suspected terrorists numbering over 200.
The Informant247 Nigeria News gathered that this development caused panic at the airport as the suspected terrorists who took over the airport, reportedly killed one security official of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency.
The Informant247 also learned that the attack forced the airport authority to temporarily shut down activities while security operatives battled the suspected terrorists.
Workers attached to the airport were said to have left their duty posts after the terrorist take-over.
A Nigerian newspaper, The Punch, in its report on the incident stated that an aircraft scheduled to take off for Lagos at 12:30 pm could not fly as a result of the presence of the terrorists at the runway of the airport.
The newspaper further quoted its source as saying, “They started attacking the Airport around midnight. The soldiers were able to repel them that midnight and we thought that was all. In fact, our workers resumed work this morning as usual till around 12:00 pm.
“The NAMA engineers scampered for safety, they could not even go and enter the vehicle that took them to the site. It was in the process that their security man was shot in the head.
“The security man was rushed to the hospital and he was confirmed dead.
“As I am talking to you now, the soldiers are still battling those bandits, and they are proving difficult to be repelled. Now, they had shut down the airport.”
Meanwhile, the authorities are yet to react to this attack.