Kaduna Airport Attack: NAMA loses legionnaire attached to VOR site

The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has lost a legionnaire, Mallam Shehu Na’Allah, who was attached to the Very High-Frequency Omni-Directional Range (VOR) at the Kaduna International Airport, to a bandit attack.

In a statement signed by the Acting Managing Director of NAMA, Engr. Matthew Lawrence Pwajok, the agency said Na’Allah was killed by the bandits when they invaded the airport on Friday – March 25, 2022.

The agency commiserated with the family of the deceased and its entire staff, stressing the need for improved welfare of staff for their selfless service even in the face of deadly attacks.

“It is with a deep sense of sorrow and regrets that the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency announces the death of one of our security operatives (Legionnaire), Mallam Shehu Na’Allah. 

“Mallam Na’Allah was shot in an attack by bandits on Friday, March 25, 2022, while on security duty at Navigational equipment site (VOR) in the vicinity of Kaduna Airport and died on the way to the hospital. 

“The Management and Staff of NAMA commiserate with the entire staff of NAMA, the Nigerian Legion, and more especially with the family and relatives of Mallam Shehu Na’Allah and pray the Almighty to grant him paradise and comfort those he left behind. 

“NAMA wishes to assure the general public that security forces stationed around the airport repelled the attack and normalcy has been restored. 

“The Management uses this opportunity to express her immense appreciation to staff for their selfless service, and hereby reassure them of the Agency’s unwavering commitment to their welfare, as well as collaborative efforts towards providing a safe and secure working environment,” the agency said.