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Police Arrest Three Teenage Stowaways At Lagos Airport

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Lateef Popoola, 13; Amadi Joshua, 14; and Ukpabio Onyedikachi, 14, were arrested at different times at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja for allegedly attempting to illegally board some international flights in Lagos. During interrogation, the teenagers said they had been nursing the idea of travelling abroad, adding that they were not ready to execute their plans yet.

Lateef said he went to the tarmac to observe how aeroplanes take off and land. He said he was able to gain access to the runaway by sneaking into an airport apron bus, but was arrested shortly after alighting. Onyedikachi and Joshua were said to have been arrested after asking some security agents where Malaysia flights were boarding. After being questioned, the boys, who were both in SS1, said they had no travel documents and were immediately arrested.

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