The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Friday inaugurated a mobile surveillance vehicle to curtail incidence of cable vandalism and insecurity at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA).

This was revealed by the Managing Director, FAAN, Mr Kabir Muhammad, who noted at the unveiling of the vehicle, at the international wing of the airport, that the organisation had also enhanced the CCTV cameras, physical surveillance and number of staff, in a bid to improve security at the airside.

He revealed that the agency was in the process of procuring more operational vehicles for security purposes.

“FAAN has purchased six so far, and additional 10 are still expected, and we are  still looking at other airports across the country, but for now, Lagos is the major concern.

“We are putting one here for a start. We have some radars at 18R and 18L and they will be feeding information to this, and we will be able to also monitor it from the tower,” he said.

Speaking at the inauguration , the Regional Manager, South West, who also doubles as the General Manager, MMIA, Mr Sunday Ayodele, commended the management for the provision of the facility, stressing that the move was to enhance the surveillance of the airside.

He gave assurances that the surveillance of the airport and airside would be better enhanced and get the desired result

“On the number of vehicles the agency currently has, we have only one now, but we are still expecting more of this.“It has the static and the roving cameras in it and the essence is to be able to project the airside so that in case of any intruder, it will send a signal to us there and it will send a signal to the control room.

”Once we are able to sense the place, our people will go straight to the exact place. It was manufactured in Slovenia,” he said.