! How This Cripple attemptED to bomb Lagos airport (Photo)

Tragedy was, on Monday, averted at
the Murtala Muhammed Airport,
when a suspected Boko Haram
member was arrested while
attempting to detonate an explosive
at the Centrex unit of the Nigerian
Airspace Management Agency
(NAMA), at the international wing of
the airport.

According to information gathered,
the suspect was able to gain access
under the guise that he was a
physically-challenged, which truly
he is.

Security men of the agency, sensing
his unusual movement while trying
to press an object, got him
apprehended, upon which he was
caught with an explosive detonator.
The airport police command was
promptly alerted, while the
suspected bomber was handed over
to them.

The suspect was then taken to the
Beesam police station, Airport
command, where he is currently
undergoing interrogation.
Reacting to the incident, NAMA
refuted that the suspected bomber
was arrested at one of the its
facilities at the international wing of
the airport.

According to a statement by its
General Manager, Public Affairs,
Supo Atobatele, the suspect was
making phone calls on the airport
road, close to CENTREX, an annex
office of NAMA, when he was
apprehended by security personnel.
“The basic truth, however, is that the
said suspect was on the ground
making calls when the agency’s
security personnel accosted him.
“His incoherent explanation exposed
him to the security personnel who
later found on him some devices
suspected to be explosives,” the
statement read.

The Managing Director of NAMA, Mr
Ibrahim Abdulsalam, in his reaction,
commended the security personnel
for their vigilance.