Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, on Wednesday, accused the Head of the Department of State Services at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Safiyanu Abba, of breaching security protocol at the airport and slapping one of its officials, who attempted to call him to order.
FAAN also alleged that Abba assaulted an aviation security officer on duty for attempting to call him to order.
FAAN made all these allegations in a statement on Wednesday.
It alleged that the DSS boss had last Friday stopped security officers at the airport from performing a mandatory check on a passenger.
According to the FAAN statement, “We note with dismay that Mr 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 Mr Safiyanu Abba to desist from doing so.
“This happened on the 17th July 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. This has also been duly escalated. FAAN committed to our core values of safety Security and comfort.”
FAAN had last week accused former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, and Adamawa State governor, Umaru Fintiri, of breaching Covid-19 protocol at its airports.