Police arraign 14 suspects over theft of building materials at Lagos Airport

The Airport Police Command has brought 14 suspects earlier a tribunal implicit their alleged engagement successful the theft of gathering materials astatine the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos.

A connection by the bid said the suspects were arrested connected April 20, 2026, betwixt 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. astatine Terminal 1 of the airport, which is presently nether renovation. The apprehension was carried retired by the Joint Monitoring Task Force (JMTF), a associated information squad made up of officers from the Airport Police Command and different information agencies, during a regular patrol.

According to the command, the apprehension followed repeated reports from task managers handling the renovation work, who had complained astir the continuous disappearance of gathering materials wrong the Terminal 1 area. This led to tighter surveillance and accrued patrols astir the location.

On the nighttime of the operation, information operatives acted connected credible quality that immoderate unauthorised persons were wrong the restricted operation zone, starring to an contiguous effect by the task force.

When officers arrived astatine the scene, they arrested 14 suspects identified arsenic Muhammed Sadiq, Aliu Umaru, Nuhu Muhammed, Adam Muhammed, Husaini Garuba, Suleman Umaru, Muhammed Musa, Ali Ali, Haruna Adamu, Umaru Musa, Henry Kumasen, Aliu Umaru, Idris Umaru, and Bakura Mustapha.

They were recovered wit...