COVID-19: FAAN Accuses DSS Official Of Slapping Abuja Airport Security, Preventing Search
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has alleged that head of Department of State Security DSS) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja Safiyanu Abba prevented an airport official from further searching a visitor who set off a metal detector.
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On Wednesday FAAN said Abba also slapped the aviation official who had asked the former not to obstruct airport security procedure by preventing a further search of the visitor.
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“We note with dismay that Safiyanu Abba, the head of DSS at NAIA deliberately obstructed airport security process, and slapped an aviation security officer who was performing his duty by calling on Safiyanu Abba to desist from doing so,” the tweet read.
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“This happened on July 17 at about 15:25 hours. He breached security procedure by obstructing further searching of a visitor who had just walked through the metal detector and activated the alarm.
“The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria strongly condemns this abuse of power and the security process in our airport.
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“This has also been duly escalated. FAAN committed to our core values of safety, security and comfort.”
This is the second incident in recent times that FAAN would allege that an airport staff was assaulted.
The first was Abdulaziz Yari, former governor of Zamfara, who allegedly pushed an airport official who was trying to disinfect his (Yari) luggage at the Mallam Aminu Kano Airport on July 11.
But DSS spokesperson Peter Afunanya denied the incident.
“This is not true. DSS staff are well mannered and couldn’t have slapped or fought a personnel of an agency he is working with. The service and the DG, SS, place premium on robust inter-agency relations needed to achieve positive outcomes in the workplace,” Afunanya said.
