Stowaway Business: Security Arrests 25-year-old Stowaway at Benin Airport

Security stationed at Benin airport arrested a 25-year-old man on Monday who was attempting to sneak into the stowaway compartment of an Abuja-bound Arik Air flight.

The arrest of the 25-year-old man, by a joint patrol team of Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Aviation Security Services and the Nigerian Air Force comes ten days after a 13 year-old teenager was arrested at Lagos Airport after he successfully sneaked into an Arik Air flight from Benin to Lagos.

Speaking about the recent arrest, FAAN spokesman, Yakubu Dati said, “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.”

“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 so is extremely dangerous,” Dati added.

Under questioning from journalists, the 25-year-old Benin man, Leroy Ugaga, said he was a psychiatric patient and was tired of life, hence he wanted to travel to Abuja.

This stowaway thing na real business now...well but the last stowaway got scholarship to go to school....