Pandemonium stony-broke out on Tuesday at the Murtala Muhammed International landing field (MMIA) in Lagos as personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), in conjunction with different security agencies, allotted a counter-terrorism exercise at the landing field.
Our correspondent according that almost all of the passengers and users of the landing field were caught unaware as a gaggle of men UN agency exhibit as terrorists confiscated the departure hall and place the air travelers beneath intense terror.
Several eyewitnesses told our correspondent that, at first, they thought the terminal was beneath coup de main. “People were running in each direction, scampering for safety,” aforesaid a traveller UN agency aforesaid he was sure for London. He aforesaid the folks motion as terrorists took over the complete departure hall and shot periodically into the air.
Another supply unconcealed that one passenger’s pressure level appeared to spike hazardously, adding that a member of the crew of Ethiopian Airline wet herself. Medics reportedly rush a girl to a different a part of the terminal for treatment. Another traveller aforesaid he saw a girl abandon her nipper in a very stroller and take flight.
The simulated anti-terror exercise saw fast intervention by division, diode by NAF officers, to repel the perceived attackers. The response brought relief to travelers UN agency were beneath the impression that the religionist terror cluster, Boko Haram, had staged a daring attack at the landing field.
Battle-ready division maneuvered their method into the terminal building with the assistance of a NAF whirlybird with number 565 that born the troops on the roof of the terminal. The division, UN agency gained entrance into the terminal through its roof, were ready to overpower the “terrorists” and in remission them once a significant gun duel that lasted for quite forty five minutes. At the tip of the fierce gun battle, the captured “terrorists” were diode into a waiting military van ANd driven away to an unrevealed location.
Speaking shortly once the simulation exercise that lasted for pretty much AN hour, the Chief of Air employees (CAS), marshall Sadique Abubakar, aforesaid the essence of the simulation was to judge the state of preparation of the division within the event of any coup de main at any of the country’s airports. He expressed satisfaction with the performance of the forces and warranted that NAF was battle-ready against coercion inside and out of doors the landing field.
Air Marshal Abubakar supplemental that, although he had seen some gaps in today’s simulation, he and also the team would return, measure and address any problems. He disclosed that a number of the protection operatives UN agency allotted the mock operation were trained in Pakistan and whereas some were trained in Federal Republic of Nigeria, noting that each one the protection agencies are terribly cooperative to form the exercise attainable.
The agencies that participated within the simulation were the Nigerian bureau (NCS), the police, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Federal Airports Authority of Federal Republic of Nigeria (FAAN), Aviation Security (ASEC), Federal Republic of Nigeria protection Corps (NCDC), officers from the police anti-bomb squad, and also the NAF, that was the host.
The simulation was regular to begin at nine a.m. however failed to begin till around twelve.15 p.m. attributable to weather.
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