Lateef Popoola, 13; Amadi Joshua, 14; and Ukpabio Onyedikachi, 14, were all arrested by the Airport Command of the Nigeria Police Force as they attempted to illegally board some international flights in Lagos. It will be recalled that another teenager, Daniel Ihekina was arrested over a month ago after sneaking into the compartment of a Lagos-bound Arik Plane(read story here)
According to the Commissioner of Police of the command, Salahu Waheed, the three suspects were arrested at different times at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport.
According to the Commissioner of Police of the command, Salahu Waheed, the three suspects were arrested at different times at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport.
“I decided to hand them over to their parents so they will be well taken care of and stop dwelling on the fantasy that you can just come into the airport, enter a plane and travel.
“Their state governments should try to rehabilitate them just like Edo State did for the stowaway in Benin.
“Lateef Popoola is from Ogun State; Amadi Joshua is from Ebonyi while Ukpabio Onyedikachi is from Abia State.
Meanwhile, the teenagers confessed they had been nursing the idea of traveling abroad, adding that they were not ready to execute their plans just yet.
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