Stowaway gets a full scholarship

 The stowaway boy, Daniel Oikhena, on Wednesday landed a full scholarship to study to university level in order for his dream of flying to the United States of America to come true.

The scholarship was given by De Raufs’ Volunteer Group, a group of supporters of Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola. Mr. Amitolu Shittu who is the Director-General of the group said in a statement on Wednesday that the scholarship was offered to the stowaway to enable the him achieve his target of travelling through the air.

Mean while, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has started probing the Arik Air pilots and officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria over alleged security breaches that led to the arrest of the boy.
 A report from 'The Punch' says that the Pilot might lose his licence or be fined huge sum of money If ongoing investigation by the regulators found him guilty of not aborting the  flight for safety checks, following the alleged passenger’s report of presence of a strange boy some metres from the plane.

Former Military Commandant of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Rtd. Group Captain John Ojikutu, retd “That boy could have been a courier for terrorists..
The NCAA needs to find out how the boy knew part of the aircraft and where to enter. How are we sure somebody did not assist him. If the Benin Airport access control and perimeter fencing is not porous, how did he get into the aircraft.”

The Director-General, NCAA, Captain Fola Akinkuotu however said that the agency, in the meantime, had put in place measures to stop future re-occurrence.

“Every aircraft that is departing will be followed until take-off. FAAN security will follow them. On our part, we have to continue to monitor everything. There will be greater monitoring at the perimeter fence and access control now.”