The
Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has banned all forms of
political, social and religious gatherings at all the nation’s
airports, stressing that they are exclusive security zones.
The police authorities said that the ban
was necessary to avert security breaches and protect critical
infrastructure, travellers, aircrew, airport staff and personnel at the
nation’s local and international airports.
Rising from a strategic security meeting
at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, on Tuesday, the Police High Command
directed the Airport Command Commissioners of Police and Commissioners
of Police in states hosting the airports to ensure that, in line with
international best practices, firm security measures were taken to
safeguard the airports and their critical infrastructure.
This, it said, was to prevent a
situation where the airports would be turned into places of political
assemblies, religious worship and other social receptions.
A statement by the Force Public
Relations Officer, CSP Frank Mba, on Wednesday stated that no assembly
would be permitted within and around airport premises, including
tarmacs, lounges and other sensitive security points.
“While the Force is not unaware of the
constitutional rights of Nigerians to freedom of movement and assembly,
it makes bold to state that the enjoyment of these rights must be
situated within the bounds of the law and appropriate civil behaviour.
“The force therefore implores Nigerians
to cooperate with the police in their effort at improving the
maintenance of security at every nook and cranny of the airports,” it
stated.
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