CONCERNS OVER NEW TERROR THREAT AT AIRPORTS

currently in place should be maintained and upgraded if there is advancement in counter technology.

Reacting to the report also, the CEO of Centurion Securities Limited and the Secretary General of Aviation Round Table (ART), Group Captain John Ojikutu said except the Boko Haram sects decided to be copycats, generally, the greatest threats to civil aviation is towards the West from the (Middle) East, especially America. Ojikutu said the US and its closest ally the UK would be the main target.

“The threats are from Al Qaeda and ISIS mainly and mainly too from the Middle East. The arrangement we have to face such threats is to focus more on direct flights to the US and Western Europe particularly to Britain and sometimes too to places like Amsterdam as Abdulmutalab the underwear bomber once taught us. Intelligence, prepassengers profiling are the antidotes. Airlines must ensure that they put into operation a computer assisted pre-passenger pre-screening system to identity frequently travelling passengers from irregularly passengers and identify those that could be risks or threats to their flights,” Ojikutu said.