Wole Shadare 
A staff of Arik Air has been apprehended for soliciting bribe from a traveller at the domestic wing of the Lagos airport by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Extortion by airline staff and security operatives has become one of the major concerns of the authority as it has promised to arrest any security official and airline officials soliciting for bribe, an action that destroys the image of the country. This is coming as FAAN Management held a meeting on the incessant extortion of passengers by airport officials at the nation’s airports and steps being taken to address the situation.
The meeting had in attendance the MD/CE, Directors of the Authority, Capt Hamisu Yadudu, Special Adviser to the President on Ease of Doing Business, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Airport Managers and Airport Chiefs of Security. The On Duty Card of the erring staff had been withdrawn immediately, and she has been handed over to the relevant security agency for appropriate action in order to serve as deterrent to other bad eggs in the airport.
