FG orders NSCDC to upgrade security at airports over ‘looming threat of attack’

THE Ministry of Interior has directed the Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr Ahmed Audi, to liaise with the airport authorities to upgrade security at the nation’s airports.

The directive followed a security alert on impending security threats to the airports from the Ministry of Aviation.

This was contained in a letter dated April 15, addressed to the Commandant-General, and signed on behalf of the minister by the Director, Joint Services, P. Egbodo.

The ministry said the  directive was as a result of “looming threat of attack on airports.”

The airports listed were those in Kaduna, Maiduguri, Sokoto, Kano, Abuja, Lagos, among others.

In the memo addressed to the NSCDC, which was dated April 15, the interior ministry directed the agency to increase security at all airports.

“I am directed to forward herewith letter from the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) with Ref. No NSA/366/S dated 6th April, 2021 on the above subject and to request you to liaise/partner with all Airports Management nationwide and other stakeholders to upgrade the existing security measures around the Nation’s Airports in the interim, to prevent such threats,” Egbodo said.

This is coming weeks after  the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) had warned that it received an alert from the ministry of aviation over planned attacks on airports across the country.