A 25-year old man has been arrested at the Benin airport for attempting to gain access into the airside, Nigeria’s aviation authorities said on Monday, nine days after a teenager ran across the runway of the same airport, hid in the wheel well of an Arik plane and emerged unscathed in Lagos after a 35-minute flight.
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, said Leroy Ugaga was arrested on Monday by a joint patrol team of FAAN’s Aviation Security Services and the Nigerian Air Force.
“The trespasser was sighted and observed for a few minutes by members of the patrol team as he tried to gain entry to the airside and as soon as his intentions became clear, he was quickly apprehended and handed over to the Police for further interrogation,” said Yakubu Dati, FAAN’s image maker.
Dati said a joint perimeter patrol by FAAN’s security staff and men of Nigerian Air force at the Benin Airport is one of the additional security measures taken by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to forestall runway incursions at all Nigerian airports.
“The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria hereby appeals to all members of the public, especially youths, to avoid the risk of attempting to gain unauthorised entry into restricted areas of airports, across the country, as doing is now extremely dangerous,” Dati said, adding that trespassers are likely to be severely dealt with if the security patrols have cause to suspect violent intentions.
He did not say what violent intention did the suspect had nor did he disclose whether the suspect was targeting a specific plane at the time. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Pls. D govt sh'd awaken to it's responsibilities by providing employment for the youth of the country.
ReplyDeleteUnemployment shouldn't drive people into terrorist-like activities.
ReplyDeleteGovt is in trouble for failing in her responsibilities.
ReplyDeleteMR 25 year old stowaway, sorry O°˚˚˚ U̶̲̥̅̊ no knw say na naija U̶̲̥̅̊ dε̲̣̣y abi?
ReplyDeleteYou think they will give U̶̲̥̅̊ scholarship or Job as they did T̶̲̥̅Æ ̴͡ the 13 year old stowaway. Oboy, think again. Nobody send U̶̲̥̅̊ O°˚˚˚ cos U̶̲̥̅̊ are already an adult. Go and hustle like others are doing.
May God help us in Naija!!!