FAAN reacts to report of airport staff slipping parcel of drugs into a man’s traveling bag at MMIA, Lagos

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced that the man being accosted by a passenger in a viral video for attempting to use him to traffic drugs does not work with FAAN.

He is an employee of an aviation services company operating within the airport premises, Mrs Obiageli Orah, Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at FAAN, stated on Wednesday.

She added that the officer, who tried to ferry a parcel through the passenger that was jetting to Accra had been arrested and handed over to security operatives for interrogation

She stated that the passenger resorted to slapping the officer whom he had compelled to kneel before him after he had raised an alarm alleging he was being set up for drug trafficking.

Orah stressed that FAAN was dedicated to a drug-free society and had zero tolerance for drug peddling through the nation’s airports.