Pilferage on the rise at Nigerian airports – Aero MD

The Managing Director of Aero Contractors, Captain Ado Sanusi, has disclosed that there is an increase in pilferage at the country’s airports in the last few months.

Captain Sanusi Ado stated this while speaking at JustAlive Communications Limited Maiden Summit, themed ‘Nigeria’s Transport Infrastructure: Innovation for a Sustainable Future,’ held in Lagos on Wednesday October 29, 2025.

Captain Ado Sansui, represented by Head of Sales at Aero Contractors, Mr Benedict Oluwafemi, lamented the infrastructure gaps at the airports, saying airlines’ operational costs were also increasing.

He said “If you come into our airports, you would see that the infrastructure needs a lot of work. What is the processing time a customer needs to pass through? What type of structures should we put in place to ensure that their experiences at the end of their flight are better? In the last few months, maybe a month or two, we have had increases in pilferage at the airports.

“One of the challenges that we have also is increasing costs. The economy of this country is not friendly to businesses. The policies of this country need to improve so that everybody who needs to contribute to the well-being of the nation can actually see something that is worth the effort of putting in their money.”