FAAN WARNS TRAVELLERS TO BE WARY OF UN-OFFICIAL TAXI AT THE AIRPORT

Princess Stalla Oduah

Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has warned travelers and visitors to be cautious when boarding airport taxis in Abuja in view of the new wave of security threat posed by some illegal taxi drivers. FAAN’s Regional General Manager at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Chris Bature, gave the warning in an interview with the Newsmen in Abuja.

Bature stated that security measures have been put in place by FAAN and other security agencies at the airport, adding that this has reduced the activities of  fraudsters and touts at the airport. Bature said that FAAN’s security operatives had discovered that fraudsters had devised a new system known as “one-chance,” where a taxi driver would carry passengers from the airport and rob them on the way.

The FAAN official advised travelers to make use of registered taxi drivers or official car-hire taxis with evidence of registration or FAAN identification cards upon arrival and when departing the airport. Bature said that the rate of crimes at the airport had drastically reduced, due to the activities of security agents, following the measures initiated by the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, to make Nigeria’s airports safe and secure for travellers.

Masquerade234 is advising that this warning should be adhered too.