A 25-year old man has been arrested at the Benin airport for
attempting to gain access into the airside, Nigeria’s aviation authorities said
on Monday, nine days after a teenager ran across the runway of the same
airport, hid in the wheel well of an Arik plane and emerged unscathed in Lagos
after a 35-minute flight.
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, said Leroy
Ugaga was arrested on Monday by a joint patrol team of FAAN’s Aviation Security
Services and the Nigerian Air Force.
“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,” said Yakubu Dati, FAAN’s image maker.
Dati said a joint perimeter patrol by FAAN’s security staff
and men of Nigerian Air force at the Benin Airport is one of the additional
security measures taken by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to forestall
runway incursions at all Nigerian airports.
“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 is now extremely dangerous,” Dati said, adding that
trespassers are likely to be severely dealt with if the security patrols have
cause to suspect violent intentions.
He did not say what violent intention did the suspect had
nor did he disclose whether the suspect was targeting a specific plane at the
time.
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