DSS BOSS, SAFIYANU ABBA, BREACHES AIRPORT PROTOCOL, SLAPS SECURITY OFFICER

Oru Leonard

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), on Wednesday said Mr Abba breached the security protocol and assaulted an airport security officer for calling him to order on Friday, July 17, 2020.

FAAN said the DSS boss had prevented security officers at the airport from performing a mandatory check on a passenger.

“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 statement shared via its Twitter account read.

FAAN condemned the action, describing it as an abuse of power and the security process in our airport.

The spokesperson of the SSS, Peter Afunaya, however, denied the allegation.

Wednesday, he said FAAN and the SSS have a robust relationship.

“This is not true. DSS staff are well mannered and couldn’t have slapped or fought a personnel of an agency he is working with. The Service and the DSS place premium on robust interagency relations needed to achieve positive outcomes in the workplace.”

News Dot Africa contacted a spokesperson of FAAN who confirmed the story to be true.

Recall that the DSS also denied the obvious arrest of the forner EFCC Boss, Mr Ibrahim Magu.