The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Friday said the unidentified human remains were found on Runway 18R/36L yesterday.
Mrs Faithful Hope-Ivbaze, the Acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs, made this known in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja, stating that body was found during routine inspection.
According to the statement, a motorized cleaner, that was cleared to carry out a derubberization and sweeping of the runway discovered the remains at about 0106hours, adding that the situation was immediately escalated to relevant departments.
The statement noted that:“As a result, between 0110 and 0343 hours, the runway was temporarily closed to allow for immediate evacuation of the remains.Flight operations resumed at 0343 hours.Investigations are ongoing, and a report will be issued accordingly”, the statement added.