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Terrorists take over Kaduna Airport

Suspected terrorists invaded the Kaduna International Airport located in Igabi Local Government Area of, Kaduna State on, Saturday.

The attackers, numbering over 200, were said to have taken over the airport.

Subsequently, the development caused panic at the airport, as the suspected terrorists, reportedly killed one security official of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency.

The attack, it was, gathered forced the authority to temporarily, shut down activities; While the military battled the suspected terrorists.

Kaduna state governor

A source who confided in our correspondent said the terrorists, insisted on shutting down the airport.

Following, the presence of the terrorists on the runway area of the airport, workers attached to the airport, were said to have left their, duty posts.

It was, also gathered 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.

Our correspondent gathered that most of the workers at the airport had, fled as more military personnel, have been deployed to the airport.

attacked the Airport around midnight

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… 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 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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Nigerian Army stop attack on Maiduguri, eliminate 9 terrorists

The Nigerian Army says troops of Operation Hadin Kai have eliminated nine Boko Haram terrorists during an attempt to attack the outskirt of Maiduguri, the Borno capital, on Tuesday.

The Director, Nigerian Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, May 12, in Abuja.

Yerima said the terrorists tried to advance from the Aldawari axis to attack soft targets in Jiddari Polo but were repelled by combined troops of the Army, Police, vigilantes, and hunters.

“Following a hot pursuit by troops, heavy casualty was inflicted on the terrorists as nine of them were neutralised while many escaped with gunshot wounds.

“One Buffalo Gun Truck, three motorcycles, three Browning machine guns, a rocket-propelled gun, and four AK-47 rifles were recovered from the terrorists.

“Other items recovered include one Improvised Explosive Device, sixteen 12V batteries among other items,” he said.

Yerima said that the Chief of Nigerian Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru commended the gallantry of the troops and urged them to keep up the tempo of the operation.

He urged members of the public to remain calm and assured them of their security during the festive period and beyond.

Meanwhile, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has alerted the public of the existence of a fake LinkedIn account, supposedly belonging to Abdulrasheed Bawa, Executive Chairman, EFCC.

This was contained in a statement issued by its spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren on Tuesday, May 11, who said the account which is promoted by an unknown impostor is, unfortunately, attracting unsuspecting followers desirous of networking with the Executive Chairman of the EFCC.

The Commission stated that the “account is fake and also has no relationship with the EFCC Chairman.

“Consequently, members of the public are warned to be circumspect; and desist from further interaction with the impostor whose motives are sinister,” it said.