Mixed reactions are trailing the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN’s, move to deploy gun-wielding officers of Aviation Security, AVSEC, special force across international airports in the country.
Opinion is not only divided over the development, facts regarding the increasing presence of arms bearing security personnel have also been expressed.
However, others called for the perspective to be jettisoned, explaining that the series of incidents in the 80s and 90s had made the development justifiable.Chief Executive Officer of Centurion Security and Safety Consults, Group Captain John Ojikutu, retd, said aviation security was not about multiplication or application of arms.
”Those who come for the contingency plan are not part of aviation security, they come from outside. Real aviation security anywhere is not about arms carrying, it is the profiling, screening, the screening of carry-on luggage, screening of check-in baggage and the screening of cargo that would go inside the aircraft.“Everybody in the airport now is carrying arms, which is wrong.
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