FAAN Installs 15 Scanners At Lagos Airport, Moves Against Insider Threat

• FAAN has installed 15 scanners at Lagos Airport as it declared move against insider threat.

 

EKOHOTBLOG reports that Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has installed no fewer than 15 new scanners at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.

The Managing Director of FAAN, Capt. Hamisu Yadudu, who briefed newsmen at the MMIA at the weekend ahead of the Airports Council International (ACI-Africa) Security Week being celebrated across all member airports from 25th to 28th October 2021, said the move is to beef up security at the Nigeria’s busiest airport.

 

Yadudu added that more scanners would soon be installed in Lagos and other airports across the country, noting that scores have been arrested this year for attempted security breaches.

He further stated that the authority had taken steps to mitigate insider threat at all its airports.

 

The FAAN MD added that the maiden Security Week with the theme, “Promotion of Security Culture in African Airports”, would be used in sensitizing airport users and communities around airports about the import of security.

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Recall that there have been several security breaches around Lagos airport.

 

One of such was in 2019 when a suspected stowaway made an incursion into the tarmac and attempted to grab an aircraft that was about taxiing.

Since that incident and others experienced in the past, Yadudu stated that the authority had carried out a thorough risk assessment and enhanced security at all airports.

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