No fewer than three policemen were killed when armed robbers attacked a Bureau de Change at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
One of the armed robbers was also killed during the shootout with the police, with several persons, mainly travellers, sustaining injuries.
A statement on Thursday by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria was, however, silent on the dead policemen and the numerous persons injured.
It was learnt that there was stampede when the shootout began, with some passengers running into the glass doors of the airport while trying to flee to safety.
In the statement, the General Manager, Corporate Affairs of the FAAN, Yakubu Datti, said: “The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria wishes to inform the public that there was a robbery incident at the car park of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 9.00pm on Wednesday, March 13, 2013.
“The robbers targeted the Bureau de change located at the car park, which is a distance from the terminal building. The incident which
lasted for about 30 minutes was met with resistance from the policemen attached to the airport.
“At the end of the shoot-out, a robber was killed. No passenger was affected by the incident, neither did it affect normal operations at the airport.
“The Authority regrets the security breach that took place at the car park and any inconvenience caused airport users as a result of the
incident.
“Security has been beefed up at the car park and other areas of the airport to forestall future re-occurrence of such ugly incident.”
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