KIA Passengers Held Hostage By Striking Security Guards

Peacefmonline.com can reliably confirm that there was near-chaos and a brief standstill of activities at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on Wednesday morning after security guards embarked on sit-down strike.

The Airport security guards reportedly locked up all exit points at the airport, both the arrival and the departure halls thus preventing passengers from boarding planes or exiting the airport.

According to a victim at the airport who spoke on Peace FM’s Kokroo Morning Show in an interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi a short while ago, unconfirmed reports indicate that two of the security guards were picked up by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI).

The security guards embarked on the strike action in solidarity with a senior member of the Airport security who were allegedly beaten up last night by operatives from the National Security when President Mills arrived from his trip to the USA.

Sources have disclosed to peacefmonline that the security guards at the airport were arrested this morning following the scuffle that ensued last night.

Meanwhile, all domestic flights have been temporarily suspended, leading to chaos. Clearly riled by the incident, some passengers reportedly vandalized property at the airport, breaking glasses and windows in protest against their being held hostage.

Though the exit points have been opened, the place is still tensed up and management of the airport are said to be in a crisis meeting with the airport security guards to restore normalcy.