[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n an effort to sanitise the airport environment and rid it of touts and perpetrators of illegitimate activities Joint Monitoring Task Force (JMTF) and the Aviation Security Crime Investigation & Intelligence (AVSEC-CII) Unit have be apprehended 21 persons including touts, illegal foreign exchange dealers, hawkers and scavengers at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA).
The JMTF and AVSEC-CII Unit has in the past few weeks conducted raids equally arresting cable thieves in the course of these raids.
On Friday the 4th of August 2023, the team 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.
FAAN warned that anyone who has no legitimate business at the airports should please desist from approaching the airports stating that the safety and security of airport users and the airport environment is of utmost importance and cannot be compromised.
