The Federal Airports Authority of
Nigeria (FAAN) has beefed up security and surveillance at the major airports in
the country following a recent report that insurgents are sneaking into Nigeria
from Syria.
Henrietta Yakubu, general
manager, corporate affairs, told NAN in Lagos on Tuesday that the move was
aimed at forestalling anything untoward from occurring at the airports.
Yakubu said special attention was
being given to the Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Enugu and Port Harcourt airports which
services international passengers and were gateways into the country via air.
According to her, FAAN Aviation
Security (AVSEC) is working with other sister security agencies to maintain
surveillance on the perimeter fence, the cargo area, the runway and other
restricted areas.
She said: “We have sent alert to
all our aviation security at the airports to ensure that they improved on
security, especially screening of passengers to make sure unauthorised persons
don’t gain access into our terminals.
“The airside patrol is being done
through the military joint force and AVSEC. They do it round the clock. There
are vehicles that are parked on the airside and they escort arriving and
departing passengers.’’
Yakubu said FAAN had deployed
modern equipment to screen passengers and baggage before entering the terminal.
“Our closed circuit television
(CCTV) cameras in the terminals and the airside are all functional,” she said.
“The anti-bomb squad are deployed
behind the screening machines at the terminal alongside the AVSEC and the
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). They carry out further checks on
any baggage that they suspect.”
Yakubu also disclosed that the
periodic simulation exercises to sensitise travellers and other airport users
on how to manage emergency situations at the airports would soon be conducted
following the fresh terrorism threat.
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