A stowaway who was found unconscious inside an aircraft at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, said he was tired of Nigeria and wanted to travel out.
The Head, Media of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operators of the MMA2 terminal, Oluwatosin Onalaja, who disclosed this in a statement identified the stowaway as a 14-year-old orphan from Kwara State but based in the Badagry area of Lagos.
LIB reported that he was discovered inside the aircraft belonging to United Nigeria Airlines at the domestic wing of the airport on Sunday morning, September 4, 2022.
“At around 6:10a.m. on Sunday 4th September 2022, United Nigeria (the Airline) informed Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Ltd (BASL) of a 14-year-old stowaway boy found unconscious inside one of their aircraft,” Onalaja said in the statement.
The spokesman for the company said the boy told investigators that he gained access into the airside through an opening at Ile- Zik, the perimeter fence along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
A stowaway who was found unconscious inside an aircraft at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, said he was tired of Nigeria and wanted to travel out.
The Head, Media of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, operators of the MMA2 terminal, Oluwatosin Onalaja, who disclosed this in a statement identified the stowaway as a 14-year-old orphan from Kwara State but based in the Badagry area of Lagos.
Report gathered revealed that he was discovered inside the aircraft belonging to United Nigeria Airlines at the domestic wing of the airport on Sunday morning, September 4, 2022.
“At around 6:10a.m. on Sunday 4th September 2022, United Nigeria (the Airline) informed Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Ltd (BASL) of a 14-year-old stowaway boy found unconscious inside one of their aircraft,” Onalaja said in the statement.
The spokesman for the company said the boy told investigators that he gained access into the airside through an opening at Ile- Zik, the perimeter fence along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.