…FAAN AVSEC arrests attempted stowaway
According to Arik Air, “A middle-aged man aboard Arik
Air’s Owerri-Lagos flight was this afternoon confirmed dead by doctors on
arrival at the Lagos Airport.
The passenger boarded the flight from Owerri in the
company of a relative. He started showing signs of uneasiness midway into the
flight.
The body of the man has been deposited in the mortuary by
the Police while investigation into the immediate cause of death is ongoing.”
Meanwhile, what would have been another beat at the
Nigeria airport security activities was botched when a man attempting stowaway
was apprehended. According Mr. Yakubu Dati, General Manager Corporate Affairs
of FAAN, “ Aviation Security staff of the Federal Airports Authority of
Nigeria, today, December 2, 2015, apprehended a man, Mr. Alabibu Olushola, who
was attempting to stow away in a taxing aircraft on the tarmac of the Murtala
Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.
The culprit was arrested as soon as he scaled the
perimeter fence near the moving aircraft and after interrogation by the Avsec
staff, he was immediately handed over to the police for further interrogation.”
The Authority wishes to remind members of the public that
access to restricted areas of the airport, including the tarmac and perimeter
roads, is prohibited for unauthorized people, including airport staff, who have
no business being there. This is more so in view of the present security
situation in the country.The Authority will henceforth not hesitate to arrest
and prosecute any person, including unauthorized airport staff, who is found
loitering around restricted areas of all our airports.
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