Aviation Security Arrests Man For Forging
Employment Letter
Aviation security personnel attached to the Murtala
Muhammed Airport, Lagos have arrested a man for
forging a letter of employment to unsuspecting
applicants seeking jobs at the Federal Airports
Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
The unidentified man was arrested Thursday and
handed over to the airport police command for
prosecution.
The general manager, corporate communications of
FAAN, Mr. Yakubu Dati disclosed this Thursday.
Dati said the authority is becoming disturbed by the
fraudulent activities of some individuals who are
defrauding unsuspecting applicants by asking them
to pay money into some bank accounts in order to
influence their employment into the airport authority.
In a statement Dati said; “It has been brought to the
notice of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria
(FAAN) that some fraudulent individuals are
demanding that applicants to the recently advertised
vacant positions in FAAN pay money into some bank
account in order to influence their employment into
the Authority.
“The Authority wishes to inform the public, especially
applicants to the said vacant positions that the
Authority does not demand money from any
applicant to get employed. The current recruitment
exercise is being done in the most transparent and
orderly manner so we advise that nobody should pay
any amount of money to any individual or company
to get employed in the Authority.
“We also advise that affected applicants should
report such fraudulent proposition to the Police as
the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria will not be
held responsible for any fraudulent transaction in
relation to the on-going recruitment exercise in the
Authority.
“All employments will be based on merit as there are
stipulated criteria for the recruitment into the
Authority.
“This release became necessary following the arrest
of one man by officers of our Aviation Security
Service at the Murtala Muhammed Airport while he
was handing over a forged letter of employment to
an unsuspecting applicant.
The suspect has been handed over to the police at
the airport.”
