January 17, (THEWILL) – A staff of Pathfinder company at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, was on Tuesday, arrested for questioning by the Crime Investigation and Intelligence Unit of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Aviation Security Services.
The employee was said to have approached a passenger to help him convey a parcel through an Ibom Air flight to Ghana.
When the passenger became sceptical, he raised an alarm, alleging that he was being set up for drug trafficking.
Confirming the story, FAAN, in an official statement issued on Wednesday, by the Director Public Affairs & Consumer Protection, Mrs Obiageli Orah, said, “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 1430hrs 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.”
According to the statement, the passenger involved has since departed on Ibom Air to Accra while the medication with the name “New Age Glucosamine Chondroitin Sulphate Complex” has been taken to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for further investigation.
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Anthony Awunor, is a business correspondent who holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Linguistics (UNILAG). He is also an alumnus of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria Kaduna State. He lives in Lagos.
