The military authority has said the reported attack on the Kaduna International Airport happened six kilometres away from the terminal and outside the Airport perimeter fence.
The military said that 12 of the bandits, who were immediately given a hot chase, were killed through air strike, DAILY POST reports.
Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Garrison Command 1 Division Nigerian Army, Brig-General Uriah Opuene and Air Force Base Commander, Air Commodore Ademuyiwa Adedoyin led journalists on an assessment tour of the scene of the attack.
Brig-General Opuene, while briefing newsmen, explained that the Kaduna International Airport is very secured, assuring that there are several layers of security at the Airport and that bandits could not have dared to attack it.
