Troops of the Nigerian military on Saturday clashed with bandit terrorists forcing the closure of the Kaduna International Airport.
It was gathered that the accident, which happened around 12:30 pm on Saturday afternoon, forced an AZMAN aircraft scheduled for Lagos to quickly abort take off.
A source at the Kaduna airport told Daily Trust said no aircraft was attacked and no staff was killed.
According to him, the aircraft which was about to leave could not do so due to the presence of the bandits close to the airport.
Soldiers were reportedly deployed in the airport to ensure full security.
However, another source told The PUNCH that the bandits numbering over 200 killed a security guard at the airport.
He stated that workers had the Kaduna airport had to flee following the attacks, with more military personnel deployed to the airport.
The source said, “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.
“Then, shortly after that, some NAMA workers went to check some of their equipment, then these bandits appeared and started shooting.
“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.”
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