No Bomb Explosion At Maiduguri Airport – FAAN

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has disclosed that there was no explosion at Maiduguri airport in Borno state.

Some online reports had it that multiple explosions rocked some communities including the airport in the state in the early hours of Saturday.

Reacting, Henrietta Yakubu, general manager, corporate affairs of FAAN, said: “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 Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) hereby notify passengers and the general public that there was neither explosion nor intrusion at the Maiduguri airport,”

“The airport was not targeted, and is not under any attack whatsoever”.

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