APA – Lagos (Nigeria) The domestic runway 18/36L of the Murtala Muhammad Airport, Lagos has been vandalized and the airfield lighting systems carted away.
According to the report by Punch newspaper, the disappearance of the approach lighting systems, which was recently reinstalled, has raised security concerns in Nigeria’s busiest airports.
According to the report, the persons who carted away the lighting systems took advantage of the closure of the runway for over three months.
The report quoted a source, who alleged that some workers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) connived with outsiders to steal the airport lighting equipment.
“The criminal took advantage of the closure to commit the crime. I cannot give the actual worth of the theft, but almost all the lighting was removed. The permanent secretary came around to see for himself the huge damage done. A lot of FAAN officials have been suspended,” the report quoted the source as saying.
The report also said that some heads of relevant departments at FAAN have been suspended over the missing lighting equipment on the directives of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Aviation, Dr Emmanuel Meribole.
The report added that investigations had since commenced to unravel those responsible for the missing safety equipment.
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Nigeria’s main airport lighting systems stolen
