A man suspected to be suffering from mental problem was overpowered Monday, by passengers after he had gained access to the most secure part of the international terminal, the airside, at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Lagos.
The man was said to have vandalised the boarding gate at the airport and gained access to the tarmac with the intention of boarding an aircraft to Europe.
THISDAY gathered that on getting into the tarmac, the man, whose identity could not be ascertained, shouted, "I want to go abroad; I want to go to Europe. Please give way for me to go."
His screaming caused stampede at
the tarmac such that intending passengers feared the man was a terrorist
and some of them began to scamper out of the area around the lunatic.
But some of the courageous passengers approached him and others went to
call security operatives who promptly apprehended him and took him away.
From
his bevahiour, his dressing and knack of breaking through barricades,
instead of following the right place, prompted many to believe that the
man was insane.
This
was later confirmed by those who got close to him. The General Manager,
public affairs of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN),
Akin Olukunle, who confirmed the incident in a telephone interview said
the mad man had been arrested and handed over to the police for
interrogation.
Olukunle stated that if it were established that
the 'passenger' was mentally challenged, the police would take him to
the rehabilitation centre for treatment.
"The arrested person was
a lunatic who...wanted to travel out of the country by all means. But,
he was immediately overpowered by the security operatives attached to
the airport. After investigation, and if confirmed he was mad, he would
be taken to a rehabilitation centre," Olukunle explained.
Kai! Even mad man self don tire for Naija!!!
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