Military , AVSEC arrest four bandits at Akure Airport runway

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Military , AVSEC arrest four bandits at Akure Airport runway




 




Operatives of the Nigerian Army on Sunday arrested four bandits who invaded the airside of Akure Airport.
According to sources the bandits entered the airport runway with the intent to cause havoc.
Following the alarm raised staff of the airport on possible harm to their lives and the facility , a Save our Soul (SOS), was activated to the headquarters of FAAN  seeking the intervention of the Federal Government and the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development to secure the safety of personnel at the airport.
According to an eye witness, the bandits were said to have pursued farmers from their farmland into the runway of Akure Airport and were seen by Air Traffic Controllers  inside the control tower who alerted security,  in particular, Aviation Security Personnel  and Air Force personnel combed the nearby forest leading to the arrest of four  of the bandits.
An incident from Akure Airport management reads :" A woman and some young men were observed running from their farm behind the operational fence towards the edge of the runway shouting for help
They had noticed some men on motorcycles.
Apparently, they were being ambushed by men of the state police, Amotekun
They were eventually caught and taken away
 Earlier, in response to a distress call that some suspected persons were seen behind the airport towards Eleyewo community, troops (AVSEC officers, NAF and the Nigerian Army)were in pursuit and one suspect was apprehended by joint security operatives,  suspect has been taken to NPF area command for further interrogation."
It further reads :" The joint operation was successful as  four  suspects were apprehended and they have been handed over to the police.
" We have alerted the CP, the Brig. General of the army cantonement, the MAC and their men are all involved in collaboration with AVSEC.
Speaking on the development , FAAN's Managing Director, Mrs Olubunmi Kuku said :" This is the reason the president and the minister have accelerated establishing operational and perimeter fences at the airports.





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