The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has continued its surveillance of activities in the vicinity of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos with a view to ridding it of undesirable elements and practices.
Announcing the success of such move, the spokesman for FAAN, Mr Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, said the Joint monitoring task force (JMTF) and the aviation security crime investigation and intelligence (AVSEC-CII) Unit raided the ITZ 1 & 2 landside, the car parks and the airport access roads on August 4 where 21 persons were arrested.
He said those arrested included suspected touts, illegal foreign exchange dealers, hawkers and scavengers.
He said the suspects had been handed over to the Airport police command for further necessary action.
Yakubu-Funtua warned that “anyone who has no legitimate business at the airports should desist from approaching the airports” for “the safety and security of airport users and the airport environment is of utmost importance and cannot be compromised.”
