Two persons were injured on Friday at the General Aviation Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos when a man, identified as an orderly of a Senator wanted to remove the magazine of his gun and there was accidental discharge that left him and a woman injured.
The orderly, who was to travel on an Arik Air flight and wanted to lodge his gun, which is a standard practice on air travel, but the gun released a bullet that hit both the man and woman on the leg as he bent down to pull the magazine out of the gun.
According to eye witness account, the two were taken to hospital at the airport, they trekked out of the terminal to the vehicle that took them to the hospital, and also walked into the hospital without any assistance, which indicated the injury was not severe.
The General Manager, Public Affairs of FAAN, Mr. Yakubu Dati, who confirmed the incident, said what happened was an accident and added that stowing the gun away with its magazine was a standard procedure because guns are not taken on-board aircraft; they are usually checked in the luggage compartment.
Dati assured air travellers that all the airports are safe and secure and in recognition of the security challenges in the country and in the world, security at the nation’s airports has been fortified.
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Posted: at 8-07-2016 08:46 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
how can person carry gun enter plane and what if it was someone else that got hitted? wetin d man go dey talk, inshort those people dat checked d man in are bunch of morons. na like dis some idiots dey take carry bomb enter plane.
Posted: at 8-07-2016 09:38 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
MY PEOPLE THE MONEY HE LOOTED FROM THIS COUNTRY HE WANTED TO DISCHARGE THOSE MONEY IN ANOTHER COUNTRY. U ALL SHOULD KEEP ON PRAYING THEY ARE THE ONE THAT WE USE THEIR OWN HANDS TO KILL THEMSELFS OR THEIR WIFES. NEVER U RELENT PRAYER KEEP ON MY PEOPLE GOD IS WITH U ALL MY FELLOW NIGERIAS
Posted: at 8-07-2016 10:49 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
How stupid and u professional can dis pple be. How can ur gun be corked at d first instance wen u are not in a war zone where u have to be ready anytime. Did dis pple undergo any training at all?
Posted: at 9-07-2016 01:19 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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