Aviation-AirportsCrime & SecurityThere Was No Bomb Explosion at Maiduguri Airport — FAAN

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has refuted claims of an explosion at Maiduguri airport in Borno state.

Channels Television had reported that there was an explosion at a residential estate in Maiduguri, Borno State capital on Saturday.

According to the report, the estate is located along the Maiduguri-Damaturu expressway and the explosion happened less than 100 metres away from a holding camp for repentant Boko Haram members, leaving about 12 houses affected.

But in a statement by the spokesperson of FAAN, Henrietta Yakubu, the agency said the airport was not targeted and is not under any attack whatsoever.

“With respect to an online report making the rounds that the Maiduguri airport was rocked by a bomb explosion purportedly masterminded by Boko Haram insurgents, the FAAN hereby notify passengers and the general public that there was neither explosion nor intrusion at the Maiduguri airport,” it said.

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