Gunmen attack Kaduna airport, kill NAMA staff

A security guard attached to the Kaduna International Airport has been shot to death by gunmen suspected to be bandits.

Shehu Na’Allah, the victim, works for the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA).

Mrs Amina Salami, the airport’s manager, confirmed the incident to the media saying that the bandits entered the airport through the perimeter fence from a nearby forest around 1pm on Saturday afternoon and began shooting sporadically to scare the workers.

She further explained that a security guard with the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) who was patrolling around the runway was shot to death by the bandits.

The airport manager also disclosed that sound of gunshot attracted the attention of armed security operatives who arrived the scene, and were able to repel the bandits form gaining access into the main airport complex.

The attack also delayed a scheduled Lagos-bound aircraft from taking off from the Kaduna airport, while armed operatives of the Nigerian Airforce and other military personnel have taken over the innards and outer areas of the airport to fish out the bandits.