Terrorists, in a well-cordinated attack on Kaduna International Airport, shot and killed a staff of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and prevented aircrafts from operating in the facility.
Consequently, the airport has been shut down and military detachments deployed to beef up security.
According to BIGPENNGR, the gunmen stormed the airport from nearby bushes and took over the runway, thus preventing a Lagos-board flight from taking off.
The airport staff and passengers reportedly scampered for their lives as the gunmen, suspected to be Islamic bandits took over the runways and reigned terror on the facility.
The staff of NAMA was shot and killed on one of the runways.
‘The aircraft which was billed to take off at 12.30pm on Saturday could not because of the presence of the bandits around the runway of the airport.
‘’As I speak to you now, there is already military presence to beef up security , though most of the staff are scared with the killing of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) staff, a source said.
It would be recalled, that last year, bandits stormed the staff quarters located within the vicinity of the airport and kidnapped 10 staff of FAAN and NAMA’.