In a move to put an end to security incursion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has deployed special security operatives to man porous areas of the airport.
The effect of the reinforcement has started yielding fruit as the agency yesterday announced that the security operatives arrested five suspects who illegally accessed the airport premises.
In a statement signed by the new Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mrs. Obiageli Orah, the agency said it had arrested men who breached security to engage themselves in illicit activities at the airport.
“The Joint Monitoring Task Force (JMTF) of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Friday, January 12 , 2024, mobilised and carried out a raid of the Joint Users Hydriant Installation (JUHI) Canal and the International Access Road Bridge at about 1638hrs (4:38 pm). The exercise yielded fruit with the arrest of five suspects. It is lamentable to note the gradual transformation of the JUHI Canal into a potential hideout for criminals. Shanties have been erected by miscreants in close proximity to NAHCO Bridge (located at the Cargo terminal area of the airport),” Mrs. Orah said.
She disclosed that the raid has brought about the dismantling of these shanties by the JMTF and subsequent arrest of five miscreants and these individuals , she stated, have been handed over to the
Aviation Security Crime Investigation and Intelligence Unit ( CIIU) for further interrogation and necessary action.
“FAAN is using this medium to warn the general public that any encroachment into the airport environment shall not be tolerated, and anyone who has no business at the airport should please stay away. The Authority shall deal with anyone caught carrying out any act of vandalism or touting at the airports,” the Director said.
