Nigeria Sacks Airport Staff For Helping Traffickers

Nigeria has fired two aviation officials for helping drug traffickers evade security at its international airport, the aviation minister said on Friday.

The pair were dismissed after closed-circuit television showed staff allowing traffickers to pass through secure doors at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos, Aviation Minister Babalola Borishade said.

"Some aviation security officials conspired, aided and abetted hard drugs carriers through unauthorized doors facilitating the circumvention of security procedures," the minister said in a statement.

Borishade said Balarabe Usman, head of security of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, was sacked along with another senior staff member.

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