by ‘Jola Sotubo

There was confusion today at the Benin airport after a teenage stowaway was found in the tyre hold of an Arik Aircraft flying from Benin to Lagos.

The incident is being considered a  serious security breach on a local flight.

The Aircraft with registration number, 5N-MJG Flight 44, left Benin Airport at 9am for Lagos. Top officials of the Edo state government were on board the airline. Passengers aboard the airline were shocked when security agents found the teenager at the Lagos Airport after the aircraft landed.

Though none of the officials at the Benin Airport agreed to comment on the issue, but Vanguard observed that the teenager whose name is yet to be ascertained may have entered the airport through the Akenzua road axis due to lack of perimeter fencing at the Airport.