Following growing complaints about heavy presence of touts around the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has raided the ITZ 1 & 2 landslides, car parks and the airport’s access roads.
During the raid, FAAN said it apprehended 21 persons which included touts, hawkers and mobile bureau de-change operators, whom the authority described as “perpetrators of illegitimate activities.”
Director, Public Affairs & Consumer Protection, FAAN, Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua said a Joint Monitoring Task Force (JMTF) and the Aviation Security Crime Investigation & Intelligence (AVSEC-CII) Unit carried out the raid during which some cable thieves and other miscreants were apprehended.
“On Friday the 4th of August 2023, the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) JMTF and AVSEC-CII raided the ITZ 1 & 2 landside, the carparks and the airport access roads.
“In the course of the raid, a total of 21 persons including touts, illegal foreign exchange dealers, hawkers and scavengers were arrested. The apprehended suspects have since been transferred to the Nigerian Police Force through the CII for further necessary action,” Funtua said in a statement.
FAAN warned that anyone who has no legitimate business at the airports should please desist from approaching the airports, adding that the safety and security of airport users and the airport environment is of utmost importance and cannot be compromised.
