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In a statement by the Director Public Affairs & Consumer
Protection, Obiageli Orah, the employee was said to have approached a passenger
to help him convey a parcel through the flight.
But, the passenger became sceptical and raised the alarm,
alleging that he was being set up for drug trafficking.
“The attention of the
management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), has been drawn
to a video circulating on social
media where a supposed staff
of the Authority was knelt
down and was being slapped
by a passenger for trying to use him to traffic drug.
“It has been
identified that the incident
took place at the
Murtala Muhammed International
Airport on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at
about 1430 hours at gate 2 boarding gate
at ITZ2.”
“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.”
“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.”
FAAN spokesperson, however, disclosed that the passenger
involved was arrested for further questioning while the passenger involved
boarded his flight to Ghana.
“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.
“FAAN is dedicated to a drug-free society and has zero
tolerance to drug peddling through her airports.”
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