The first time a story like this made news, it was the other way around.
An honest airport cleaner had discovered a huge amount of money, turned it in, and was rewarded for her honesty.
This time around, an airport cleaner was gooo/news/cleaner-caught-with-n53m-at-lagos-airport/”>arrested with a huge sum of $271,135 (about N53m) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
Tijani Owolabi who works with one of the cleaning contractors at the
airport, was nabbed by the aviation security personnel of the Federal
Airport Authority of Nigeria while trying to carry the huge sum of money
through the screening point.
In a statement by FAAN, the Deputy General Manager, Corporate
Affairs, FAAN, Onyekwere Nnaekpe, said that some of the foreign currency
was found on Owolabi while the rest was recovered from the sanitary
bucket he was holding while trying to pass through screening machine.
Nnaekpe said the agency suspected that Owolabi was conveying the currency to an accomplice at the airside of the airport.
According to the statement, “Aviation security personnel of the
Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria today September 3, 2015 prevented
the trafficking of a total sum of 271,135 American dollars through the
Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja.
“The sum was found on a worker with one of the cleaning contractors
at the airport, Mr. Tijani Owolabi, during a pat down at one of the
screening points at ‘D’ Finger of the international terminal.
“The airport cleaner who was suspected to be conveying the foreign
currency to an accomplice at the sterile area of the terminal, was
immediately apprehended by aviation security staff on duty and handed
over to the appropriate security agencies at the airport for further
investigation.”