Abubakar Yakubu
8 November 2009
Abuja — Aviation security personnel Thursday apprehended a 39-year-old man while he was wandering aimlessly at the tarmac of Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja.
The man, who could not explain his mission to the place and had no identity authorizing him to be in the place, was immediately handed over to the Airport police for further interrogation.
Our reporter learnt that security within the airport has been tightened lately because of the numerous threats by militants and security men were baffled how the man got into the tarmac of the airport.
"When we asked him what he was looking for in the tarmac, he said he came to get a job," said a security man.
At the Airport Police Station, a policeman confirmed the incident and said the suspect is presently being interrogated.
"The police are not convinced about his explanations of why he was at the place and there are indications that he may have a psychological problem," the policeman added.
According to him, the suspect will be charged to court for 'security breach', to serve as a deterrent to others as soon as investigations are completed.
City News learnt from security officers attached to the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) that two men and a lady were arrested for attempting to use forged documents' belonging to FAAN to obtain visas from the France Embassy.
A security officer said when the visa applicants submitted the documents at the embassy's visa section, the embassy officials contacted FAAN to verify the documents that turned out to be forged.
"We immediately got in touch with the police and jointly went to the embassy to arrest the suspects, who are all in the custody of the airport police," the security man said.
At the airport police station, our reporter learnt that the case has been transferred to the airport police command for investigations.
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