One Oghenemini Oyibo Great, a Benin City-bound passenger has been barred by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), from using the Abuja Airport for any flight services for life.
The passenger was banned after forcefully opening and damaging the boarding gate door lock when his flight to Benin City, Edo State on Air Peace was delayed on Friday, March 24, 2023.
According to FAAN’s acting general manager, Public Affairs, Mrs. Faithful Hope-Ivbaze, the culprit was arrested by a joint team of security personnel and brought to Crime Intelligence and Investigation Unit (CIIU) office of the Aviation Security.
“At about 20:10hrs of 24th March, 2023, an aggrieved passenger on delayed Air Peace flight to Benin forced the boarding gate door and damaged the lock. No major injury was sustained by the passengers and staff.
“The airport staff at the boarding gate witnessed the incident,” she stated.
She, however, added that after he was interrogated and statement was taken from him, he was thereafter transferred to the Airport Police Command.
The Airport authorities has, therefore, declared him persona non-grata and he will no longer be allowed to fly out or into Abuja Airport.