An Italian woman was detained for not allowing her luggage
to be checked on arrival at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2, Lagos State, on
Thursday.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the woman was detained
for several hours by a combined team of Airport Policemen, Bi-Courtney
security men and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
NAN gathered that the passenger, who is married to a Lebanese, had
arrived Lagos on an Aero Contractors Airline flight from Abuja around
noon.
She was alleged to have prevented officials of Bi-Courtney from
screening her bags, a routine protocol at all airports across the globe.
A staff member of Bi-Courtney alleged the woman used abusive words on
the officials and forcibly dragged her luggage out from the arrival
wing to a waiting Honda CRV.
However, aviation security alerted the Airport Police who prevented
the car from leaving the premises until the bags were subjected to
screening.
The development attracted the attention of other airport users who
insisted that the authorities should detain her and the driver of the
car.
After intense argument, the policemen had their way and her bags were checked but nothing incriminating was found in them.
The woman later apologised to staff of Bi-Courtney for her behavior.
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