Abdulazeez Abdulwahab
THE management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has denied that a worker who was apprehended while attempting to cajole a passenger to help traffic drugs is a staff member of the organisation.
A video has been circulating on social media where a supposed staff of the Authority knelt and was assaulted by a passenger for trying to use him (passenger) to traffic drugs.
While confirming that the incident took place at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Tuesday, 16 January 2024, at about 1430hrs at gate 2 boarding gate at ITZ2, the Authority said the suspect is a member of staff of Pathfinder company.
“The Authority wishes to set the records straight by stating that the officer being manhandled in the video is not a staff of FAAN. He has been identified as a member of the staff of Pathfinder company.”
Eighteen-Eleven Media reports that the employee was said to have approached a passenger to help him convey a parcel through the flight. When the passenger became sceptical, he raised an alarm, alleging that he was being set up for drug trafficking.
The employee was immediately arrested for questioning by the Crime Investigation and Intelligence Unit of the Aviation Security Services.
The passenger involved has since departed on Ibom Air to Accra while the medication with the name “NEW AGE GLUCOSAMINE CHONDROITIN SULFATE COMPLEX ” has been taken to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA) for further investigation.
Obiageli Orah ( Mrs), Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of FAAN, in a statement, maintains that the Authority is dedicated to a drug-free society and has zero tolerance for drug peddling through her airports.
Eighteen-Eleven Media