Man dies while stealing FAAN equipment at Lagos airport

A middle aged man who attempted to steal electrical cables and other equipment inside the powerhouse of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has died from electric shock.

The man whose identity could not be ascertained found his way into the power generating building and had begun disconnecting the installations that supplies power to the Lagos airport before he met his waterloo.

Confirming the incident, Olubunmi Oluwaseun Kuku, the managing director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), on Monday said the agency is leaving no stone unturned towards ensuring that all gaps allowing unauthorised persons into the airports are blocked.

Kuku spoke at the commissioning of Special Forces that will man the Lagos airport, affirming that in the past, some people have crossed the perimeter fences of the airports and stole airfield lighting equipment, and some even harmed workers on site.

“I would say that there are two sides to this, that our environment is quite unique in the sense that we do have some security issues nationwide. We’ve been quite lucky within the airport environments that we haven’t had any of those major incidents,” she said.

“Across the airside you’ve seen where we have people who are either crossing our fence, or trying to steal our airfield lighting equipment, or potentially even harm some of individuals that we have on site. We had an incident, where an individual actually went into our power house and he got electrocuted.”