launched an armed Aviation Security unit at the Murtala Muhammed International
Airport in Lagos.
Disclosing this via his X page, the Minister of Aviation and
Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo said the armed unit was launched to
address touting and illegal activities at airports.
Keyamo said the unit has been mandated to arrest and
prosecute touts and other suspected criminals operating within the airport
premises.
According to the minister, the initiative will be replicated
at other international airports in the country, to ensure a safer and more
secure environment for passengers and airport users.
Keyamo wrote: “As part of the steps we earlier promised
Nigerians to take to curb the menace of touting and other illegal activities
around our airports, earlier today the Managing Director of FAAN, on my behalf,
unveiled the armed Aviation Security (AVSEC) unit at the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
“We will replicate it at other international airports. They
have the mandate to arrest and prosecute touts and other suspected criminals
around our airports.
“This is apart from the other inter-ministerial effort that
is still ongoing to deal specifically with the issue of agencies of government
within the airports that are involved in extortion, bribery and begging.”
Recall that on June 23, the minister claimed the issue of
extortion of passengers by officials of government agencies at the nation’s
airports was beyond the ministry’s control.
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