The
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has said that the explosion that rocked
Maiduguri in the early hours of Saturday didn’t affect the international
airport.
In
an earlier report, it was reported that explosives were fired at Gomari
Airport, a community about four kilometres from the airport located in
Maiduguri, the state capital.
But
FAAN in a statement said the airport was not under any type of attack and neither
was there an explosion that affected it.
The
statement reads in part, “The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria hereby
wishes to notify passengers and the general public that there was neither an
explosion nor intrusion at the Maiduguri airport.
“The
airport was not targeted, and is not under any attack whatsoever”.
However,
the multiple explosions in the state on Saturday reportedly injured many
residents of 1000 Housing Estate in Maiduguri.
The
estate was said to have been targeted by Boko Haram insurgents, who according
to reports launched mortars at the estate.