Terrorism: FG To Mount Air Patrol In Northeast Borders olajohnson— March 12, 2014 The federal government said yesterday, that it has concluded plans to appropriately deploy armed officers to mount air surveillance patrols at the borders in the North-eastern part of the country to effectively monitor the region. Minister of interior, Comrade Abba Moro, who made this known when he played host to a delegation from DANA Airline, led by its managing director, Mr Mark Snoxell Dornier, said the move is to ensure the safety of Nigerians who fly the airways. He said the step became necessary to take proper control of the country’s borders especially in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states where the security challenge is high. Moro revealed that most of the perpetrators of mayhems in the country were identified to be foreigners who have illegally come in through the ‘porous borders’ the country have. He said “This visit has been long in waiting especially against the backdrop that I have paid a similar visit to you organization almost immediately I assume office as the minister of interior, I felt then and I still feel that air border surveillance is a very critical component of overall desire to take proper control of our borders as you aware we have a serious internal security now, as you are equally aware some of the perpetrators of mayhems in the country have been identified as foreigners who have illegally come in through our borders to Nigeria. “You are equally aware especially on the northern part that our borders are very porous and so the three attributes that we try to develop to control our borders were vehicular border patrol, the construction of border plaza, the deployment of high technology equipment to be able to survey our borders and of course, the Air patrol that we are talking about. Continued, “Since my visit to your office and inspection of our facilities we have taken some other steps to see how we can resuscitate our Air border patrol, I have to set up a committee to examine our existing preparedness to undertake border patrol against the backdrop of our existing Aircraft; some that are serviceable and some that are not serviceable and the report have been submitted.” Speaking earlier, leader of the delegation Mr. Mark Snoxell Dornier, clarified that DANA Airline was ready to partner the ministry by giving efficient and reliable and also provide the necessary training for the immigration personnel expected to take up the responsibility.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 09:20:33 +0000
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