Gunshots Leave Two Injured At Lagos Airport

Two persons were on Friday injured at the General Aviation Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos when the gun carried carried by a man identified as an orderly to a senator accidentally discharged on him and a woman as he tried to remove the magazine .

The orderly who was to travel on Arik Air and wanted to lodge his gun, which is a standard practice on air travel, but the gun released a bullet that splinted and hit both the man and woman on the leg as he bent down to pull the magazine out of the gun.

According to eye witness account, the two were taken to hospital at the airport.

Sources hinted that they trekked out of the terminal to the vehicle that took them to the hospital.

The General Manager, Public Affairs of FAAN, Mr. Yakubu Dati, who confirmed the incident, said what happened is an accident and added that stowing the gun away with its magazine is standard procedure.

He said guns are not taken on-board aircraft as standard aviation practice .

They are usually checked in the luggage compartment.

Dati assured air travellers that all the airports are safe and secure and in recognition of the security challenges in the country and in the world, security at the nation’s airports has been fortified.