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NDLEA DENIES ASSAULT ON TRAVELLER AT LAGOS AIRPORT

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has said one of its staff accused of assaulting a woman at the MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos, did nothing of such. 

The Agency said its preliminary findings showed that its officers never assaulted an Air Peace airline passenger, Ms. Abiri Oluwabusayo Khloe, at the departure gate of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos in the early hours of Sunday, 5th of December.


In a series of posts on Social Media, the female passenger alleged a female NDLEA officer harassed and physically assaulted her. 


However, the Agency stated that preliminary investigation has established some facts. 


"At about 12:20am on Sunday 5th December, during an outward clearance of passengers going to South Africa by Air peace, a female passenger, Ms. Abiri Oluwabusayo was asked to submit her luggage for a search, which is a regular procedure. 


In the course of searching her luggage, which contains about 8 handbags, Ms. Abiri who obviously came late for the flight as shown on CCTV footage became agitated and hurled a number of unprintable insults at the female officer searching her luggage."


This attitude is naturally a red flag that would raise suspicion and equally taken as an attempt to distract the officer. Ms. Abiri went further to point fingers in the face of the officer and at the same time pulled out a phone to record the officer in the course of doing her work."


"At that point, the Officer seized the phone from her to stop the distraction but that didnt stop the passenger who brought out another phone to record their encounter."


The Agency assured the aggrieved passenger and the public that it is a law enforcement agency that upholds discipline among its officers and men. 


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