Nigeria Aviation Security Personnel Prevents Stowaway At Lagos Airport




In what would have been a stowaway incident at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos was prevented by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Aviation Security (AVSEC) personnel at the early hour of today.

Narrating what ensued, Henrietta Yakubu, the General Manager, Corporate Affairs of FAAN said: “At about 0850hrs of 27th December 2019, a young man of about 25yrs was sighted around the air field by FAAN Aviation Security (AVSEC) personnel manning the Charlie One (C1) link/holding area.

On how the AVSEC personnel were able to stop the intrusion, Yakubua said: “In a swift response, the AVSEC personnel on static guard duties at the area rushed to stop his further movement towards a taxiing Air Peace aircraft numbered APK 7252 and with registration number (CS-TQU) and a struggle ensued. All efforts to stop the intruder by the unarmed AVSEC personnel failed as the intruder continued to resist arrest.

She said while the struggle was ongoing, the AVSEC personnel called for reinforcement and alerted the pilot of CS-TQU of the intrusion, and to delay the aircraft to allow for a successful apprehension of the intruder.

“The intruder was eventually apprehended by the AVSEC personnel with the support of the reinforcement and has been taken into custody for investigations.

In order to ascertain the safety status of the aircraft, she commented that, “The aircraft was also advised to return to base for necessary safety/ security inspections in line with standard procedure. Subsequently, the aircraft departed Lagos at 10:16, with 171 passengers, and 6 crew.”

In a swift onsite inspection, Capt. Rabiu Yadudu, the MD of FAAN in company of the Directors of Aviation Security services, (Grp. Capt. U.S.A Sadiq) and Airport operations (Capt. Mukhtar Muye), the Regional General Manager, South West, Mrs. Victoria Shin-Aba and the Airport Chief of Security (MMA), Mr. S.M Mamman inspected the site of the incident and discussed with the Captain of the aircraft, who commended the action of the Aviation Security team.

The captain of the aircraft said it was timely and professional in protecting the flight as he was not even aware of any intrusion until they alerted him.


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