After News of Wife’s Death, Passenger Slumps and Dies at Airport

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Spokesperson for the MMIA police command, Joseph Alabi, has confirmed the death of Jude Oladapo, a 44-year-old passenger, at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport on Saturday.

Oladapo who was waiting to board an Air France Flight, was said to have slumped and died while undergoing boarding procedures at the Airport (MMIA), Lagos.

It was also confirmed by the spokesperson that Oladapo slumped suddenly after receiving news that his wife had died.

According to him, Oladapo was confirmed dead by Ajayi Olamide, a medical doctor at the MMI Airport medical clinic and the corpse had been deposited at the Air Force hospital mortuary.

TheCable also reported that the police airport command spokesperson also dismissed claims that a Royal Air Maroc aircraft, with registration number CN-ROR, was burgled while landing at MMIA on Friday.

According to report, the police had carried out investigation and confirmed that all necessary security landing procedures were observed.

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“There is a standard procedure, which includes an escort vehicle following an aircraft that is landing, which will make it difficult for any invader to approach the aircraft,” he said.

“The aviation security officials confirmed that they arrived at the aircraft with its baggage cabin door already opened which might have been due to other factors.”

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