27-yr-old stowaway’s attempt foiled in Benin TEN days after a 13-year-old Daniel Ricky Oikhana, beat security at the Benin Airport to stow away in the landing gear compartment of an Arik Airline aircraft, an attempt by a 27-year-old man (names withheld), was Monday afternoon foiled by security operatives at the same airport. According to a report monitored on a local television station in Benin, the suspect was arrestedby the airport security operatives while attempting to stowaway in an Abuja bound Arik plane on the tarmac of the airport. The report added that the suspect is currently beingquestioned at the Airport police station. The suspect, whose identity could not be ascertained at press time, was said to have been arrested lying with his belly close to the runway while waiting for an Arik aircraft to land and sneak into it to Abuja. Confirming the incident, the Chief Security Officer of the airport, Mr. Adeboye Festus, said the suspect had confessed to the crime. The suspect, however, told journalists in an interview that he was a psychiatric patient and was tired of life. When contacted, the Benin airport manager, Ayodele Sunday, could not be reached as calls put across to his phone went unanswered.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 05:54:33 +0000