Security Operatives Foil Another Stowaway In Benin

Security Operatives Foil Another Stowaway In Benin

A combined team of aviation security and men of the Department of State Security (DSS) at the Benin Airport in Edo State yesterday apprehended a 27-year-old man  who allegedly stowed into the airport runway with an intent of illegally  boarding an Abuja-bound Arik flight.

This is coming barely two weeks after a 13-year-old boy, Daniel Oikhena, sneaked into an Arik wheel compartment from Benin to Lagos.

The 27-year-old suspect whose identity could not be ascertained at press time yesterday was said to have been arrested lying with his belly close to the runway while waiting for an Arik aircraft to land.

Confirming the incident, the chief security officer of the airport, Mr Adeboye Festus, said the suspect had confessed to the crime.

But, the suspect told journalists that he was a psychiatric patient and was tired of life, hence he wanted to travel to Abuja.