FAAN Suspends Airport Workers For Extorting Passenger in Lagos

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has disclosed it apprehended and suspended some officials over alleged extortion of a passenger at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

The incident, which was announced in a statement signed by Henrietta Yakubu, general manager, corporate affairs of FAAN, was released through the agency’s Facebook page on Saturday.

The manager said the action “is in line with the management’s determination to rid the nation’s airport of corrupt officials.” She concluded that the development will “serve as a deterrent to other bad eggs in the system that is bent on tarnishing the image of the nation”.

“In line with the management’s determination to rid the nation’s airport of corrupt officials, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has apprehended and suspended officials caught extorting a passenger at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos,”

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“The officials, who are staff of Aviation Security and Customer Service departments of the Authority, were immediately suspended, while the on-duty card of their accomplice from the Nigeria Immigration Service has been withdrawn.

This action was taken to serve as a deterrent to other bad eggs in the system that is bent on tarnishing the image of the nation.”