Airport Security Personnel Returns Missing N2.3m To Passenger

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Passenger Expresses Gratitude as MMA2 Security Personnel Return Missing N2 .3mTHISDAYLIVE
Aviation Security (AVSEC) at the Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos has returned a luggage containing N2,350,000 and other vital documents belonging to a passenger at the terminal.
Ayotunde Osowe of Corporate Communications, spokesman of
BASL, said the incident occurred at about 17:15hrs, recently while the passenger who just returned from the United States of America was at the terminal to link up with an Uyo-bound airline.
He said that Mr. George Etuk, the passenger who was on Ibom Airline, later commended MMA2’s AVSEC after receiving his lost baggage containing the  money and other valuable items
Mr. Olatubosun Okeowo, the BASL AVSEC Manager, narrated that the passenger was at the Ibom Airline Check-in counter alongside other intending passengers, before being carried away and lost concentration on his bag.
He explained that the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) during the investigation by BASL AVSEC team disclosed  that the bag was accidentally picked up by a fellow passenger.
He said: “During our CCTV investigation, it was discovered that the bag belonging to Mr. George Etuk was accidentally picked up by another intending passenger with the same airline. They were not aware at all. But, after the flight was delayed, and the passengers had to find means to relax ahead of the rescheduled time, the anomaly came to the fore.
“The other passenger who took the baggage unknowingly, too, had disappeared. On receiving the prompt message, our AVSEC team immediately swung into action to unravel what went wrong. With the aid of the CCTV, we were able to identify what happened and my Duty Supervisor and his team quickly went after the man who picked the bag.
“The man was intercepted at the Drop Off Zone area when he was about leaving for a nearby hotel to relax since the flight was rescheduled for 2200hrs.”
The bag was then retrieved and handed over to the owner who confirmed that the money inside the bag was intact in the presence of the AVSEC duty Supervisor with his team, the Police and the airline representative.
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