The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has suspended some of its officials for allegedly extorting a passenger at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
This was announced in a statement signed by Henrietta Yakubu, General Manager, Corporate Affairs of FAAN, and released on the agency’s Facebook page on Saturday.
According to the statement, the affected officials are staff members of the aviation security and customer service departments of the authority.
FAAN also stated that that the on-duty cards of their accomplice from the Nigerian Immigration Service have also been immediately withdrawn.
The statement read: “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.
“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were immediately suspended, while the on-duty card of their accomplice from the Nigeria Immigration Service has been withdrawn.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.”
This is the second time this month that FAAN will be sanctioning airport workers after it seized the on-duty cards of some staff members of an unnamed airline on 10 November.
