No threat to Nigerian Airports —ONSA

The Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) have assured that there is no threat to Nigerian Airports.

NSA was reacting to reports of a threat on the nation’s airports from an internal government corre-spondence.

According to a statement signed by Head of Strategic communication. Office of NSA, Z.M Usman, the correspondence was a routine threat assessment to ensure preparedness of agencies and not meant for public dissemination.

The statement read in part,  “In the period covered by the correspondence, threat analysis identified the need to advise Airports Management nationwide to upgrade existing security measures around the nation’s airports.”

It read further, “Regrettably, the unauthorised release of this advisory is likely to raise fear among airport users at home and abroad. Accordingly, this statement is issued to reassure the public and all aviation stakeholders of the safety of our airports.”

The NSA assured that the security and intelligence services will continue to monitor security threats and provide the assessment and timely advise required by Airports Managements to continuously upgrade security measures in the airports.