The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has stated that none of its officers assaulted an Air Peace airline passenger, Ms. Abiri Oluwabusayo Khloe.
This was made known by NDLEA, director of media and advocacy, Femi Babafemi, stating that preliminary findings showed that the said woman was never assaulted, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, in the early hours of Sunday, December 5, 2021.
Babafemi said that facts from the investigation on the allegations made by woman on social media that a female NDLEA officer harassed and assaulted her, has shown otherwise.
He said, "fact from the investigations showed that during an outward clearance of passengers going to South Africa by Air peace, a female passenger, Ms. Abiri Oluwabusayo was asked to submit her luggage for a search, which is a regular procedure.
"In the course of searching her luggage, which contains about 8 handbags, Ms. Abiri who obviously came late for the flight as shown on CCTV footage became agitated and hurled a number of unprintable insults at the female officer searching her luggage. This attitude is naturally a red flag that would raise suspicion and equally taken as an attempt to distract the officer.
"Ms. Abiri went further to point fingers in the face of the officer and at the same time pulled out a phone to record the officer in the course of doing her work. At that point, the officer seized the phone from her to stop the distraction but that didnt stop the passenger who brought out another phone to record their encounter."
NDLEA assured the public that it is a law enforcement agency that upholds discipline among its officers and men.
It added that it would take further steps to investigate any other evidence made available in the course of the ongoing process.
Source: www.clintonsdaily.com
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