It was to my greatest consternation when the news broke that a little
boy of 15 years, Daniel Ihekina beat the security of Arik Air and FAAN
in Benin to hide under the tyre compartment of an Arik aircraft en route
to lagos.
According to reports, the young boy's aim was to join
the aircraft which he hoped was heading to America, with claims that he
wanted to leave the country because he was maltreated by his parents,
but unfortunately it was en route to Lagos.
There was however
pandemonium at the air side of the lagos airport when passengers
alighting from the aircraft saw the teenager as he emerged from the
aircraft tyre hole to join the passengers who boarded the aircraft. He
was immediately arrested by security officials for investigation on how
he accomplished the mysterious feat.
The situation which has
become a major source of worry has lead to war of words between FAAN and
Arik over the security lapses that lead to the ugly incidence.
The arrest of the young boy and the war of words between FAAN and Arik
make me wonder why Nigerians are found of prescribing medicine after
death. Had this young boy been a terrorist with bomb, it could have
become another case of a terrorist attack on a Nigerian aircraft.
Read it HERE
This is not the time to lay blames and throw stones but a time to beef
up security. Let this incidence prove to security officials in the
country and the government that there is a great lope hole in the
nation's security irrespective of the claim of it being beefed up.
The case of the stowaway kid shows how porous Nigeria's security has
been all the while to the incessant attack of the islamic sect, Boko
Haram. The ingenuity of the young boy should be praised and instead of
punish him, he should be groomed by the security officials he is under
their custody for a positive use of his guts and ingenuity to the
develpoment of the country.
