Suspected Stowaway Arrested at Lagos Airport

There was a security breach at the private
general aviation terminal, Execujet, on Sunday,
when a teenager by name, Samuel Ogundeyi,
suspected to be a stowaway, was arrested in the
tyre compartment of an aircraft.
The aircraft was parked in the hangar of Execujet
terminal of Murtala Muhammed International
Airport, Lagos.
A reliable source within the terminal said the
teenager was discovered at about 12 noon when
pilots of the aircraft marked M-MYNA, were
carrying out a routine inspection on the aircraft
before starting the engine for flight.
The commanding pilot of the aircraft was said to
have found the boy in the tyre compartment
of the aircraft.
The suspect  had in his possession two
handsets without SIM cards, which he claimed
were his. In his confessional statement, the suspect
claimed he had entered the hangar through the
facility of the Headquarters, Air Defence Corps of
Nigerian Air Force, located next to the
Presidential/VIP Lounge in the airport, on
Saturday night with the help of a person he
identified as ‘a brother’.