There was an incident of security breach at the private general aviation terminal, Execujet, on Sunday, when a teenager, Samuel Ogundeyi, suspected to be a stowaway was arrested in the tyre compartment of an aircraft, Punch reports.
The aircraft was parked in the hangar of Execujet terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos. A reliable source within the private terminal, who refused to have his name in print, said the teenager was discovered at about 12 noon when pilots of the aircraft marked M-MYNA, were carrying out a routine inspection on the aircraft before starting the engine.
The commanding pilot of the aircraft was said to have detected the boy in the tyre compartment of the aircraft. The suspect also had in his possession two handsets without sim cards which he claimed were his. In his confessional statement, the suspect claimed he had entered the hangar through the facility of the Headquarters, Air Defence Corps of the Nigerian Air Force located next to the Presidential/ VIP Lounge in the airport, on Saturday night with the help of a person he identified only as “a brother.”
The aircraft was parked in the hangar of Execujet terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos. A reliable source within the private terminal, who refused to have his name in print, said the teenager was discovered at about 12 noon when pilots of the aircraft marked M-MYNA, were carrying out a routine inspection on the aircraft before starting the engine.
The commanding pilot of the aircraft was said to have detected the boy in the tyre compartment of the aircraft. The suspect also had in his possession two handsets without sim cards which he claimed were his. In his confessional statement, the suspect claimed he had entered the hangar through the facility of the Headquarters, Air Defence Corps of the Nigerian Air Force located next to the Presidential/ VIP Lounge in the airport, on Saturday night with the help of a person he identified only as “a brother.”
The boy, who spoke in Yoruba and pidgin English languages, said he was able to cross the L18 runway over to ExecuJet facility located in the international wing of the airport, a distance of about one kilometre, at night when he noticed there was no flight landing or taking off on the runway.
The aircraft operated by Tag Aviation was said to have flown in a former Minister of Petroleum, Chief Dan Etete, into Lagos airport on Saturday night and parked at the private hangar, where it was expected to take off on Sunday afternoon before the incident happened. All efforts by our correspondent to get the spokespersons for the Nigerian Air Force, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to comment on the incident proved abortive as calls made to their mobile telephones were not going through.
Another stowaway boy. We need to find a way 2 stem dis tide before som1 gets killed. D other boy got away with it and now another person wants to pull d same stunt. Hmmm! "Uwaifo don talk e own o".
ReplyDeleteWere dem dey run go?but this boys,they don't see d danger in wot they r doing
ReplyDeleteD other boy who did it got cpmmendations4his bravery and was onsequently bestowed with all manner of gifts. Oshiomhole evn gave him scholarship. Hmmm! "Uwaifo don talk e own o".
DeleteThe guy who got away wit it was given a scholarship, let's see wat will happen to this one.
ReplyDeleteAm not against d schorlaship or training lads like this.....for the kid to breach airpot security,,men he has nerves....it will b wise for govt to train such kids before terrorist pick them up n train....its simple,,,FAAN needs to wake up on its security network which has seenn weak for sometime now
ReplyDeleteHmmm this is serious if the govt can train such a person is we be good but hope people don't start see it as a bizness coz I no how people is
ReplyDeleteHmm,this breaching is a bad sign....things like this shuldnt happen in the first place
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