By John Ikani
Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist group, has tried to take over the Nigerian Air Force base in Kaduna on Saturday morning, FIJ reports.
An Air Force offiicial told FIJ that military personnel and the terrorists were engaged in a gunfight that lasted over two hours in the early hours of Saturday.
The terrorists had attacked the base from the back side. The Air Force base, which is large in expanse, is susceptible to being porous.
This attack comes two days after herdsmen went to a Nigerian Army barracks in Jaji, Kaduna, and stole cows. It is unconfirmed whether there were human casualties, but sporadic shootings were reported.