BOY ARRESTED TRYING TO ILLEGALLY BOARD PLANE AT LAGOS AIRPORT NOT A TERRORIST..FAAN SPOKESMAN

This young man who was apprehended today at the Lagos Airport is not a terrorist.This much was made kwown to CKN News this afternoon by the General Manager,Public Affairs of FAAN,Mr Yakubu Datti during a chat with us.According to Mr Datti,the young man was a stowaway who wanted to board a plane illegally (probably through the underbelly).He was spoted by eagle eyes of airport security personnel who promptly arrested him.It was earlier reported in some social media platforms that the young man was a member of Boko haram who wanted to blow up a plane flying out of Lagos but for the alertness of the captain of the Medview plane who used engine thrust to blow away suspectbefore he was apprehended.

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SUSPECTED STOWAWAY APPREHENDED AT MMA

Vigilant 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.


Yakubu Dati
General Manager, Corporate Affairs