BY: OLAPEJU OLUBI
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is determined to rid the airport environment of touts and perpetrators of illegitimate activities .
The Joint Monitoring Task Force (JMTF) and the Aviation Security Crime Investigation & Intelligence (AVSEC-CII) Unit has since the past few weeks conducted raids in this regard.
Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, Director, Public Affairs & Consumer Protection of FAAN, who made this known in a statement recalled that Cable thieves and other miscreants have been apprehended in the course of these raids.
He noted that in the course of the raid, a total of 21 persons including touts, illegal foreign exchange dealers, hawkers and scavengers were arrested.
The apprehended suspects according to Yakubu-Funtua have since been transferred to the Nigerian Police Force through the CII for further necessary action.
FAAN warns that anyone who has no legitimate business at the airports should please desist from approaching the airports.
The FAAN spokes man stressed that safety and security of airport users and the airport environment is of utmost importance and cannot be compromised.
