FAAN Arrests Five Suspects Who Breached Security at Lagos Airport

Chinedu Eze

In continuation of its war against insecurity at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has arrested five suspects who illegally accessed the airport premises.

According to FAAN, the arrest was carried out by the special security operatives it deployed to man porous areas at the airport.
In a statement signed by FAAN’s new Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mrs. Obiageli Orah, the agency said the arrested men 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 Hydrant 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 near NAHCO Bridge (located at the Cargo terminal area of the airport),” Orah explained.

 She disclosed that the raid had brought about the dismantling  of these shanties by the JMTF and subsequent arrest of five miscreants.
According to her, the five men 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,” she added.