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Mohammed Airport (MMA) Police Command on Monday announced the arrest of

a group of employees with the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company

(NAHCO), alleged to have been stealing from the aviation firm.

The process of the

arrest, which came after the group broke into the ground handling

company’s warehouse and made away with two plasma television sets and a

carton containing 100 mobile phones, commenced on March 23, following a

report to the police.

“We quickly moved

into action by arresting one Sunday John, a staff of NAHCO, who led

detectives to his house in Otta, Ogun State,” said Danazumi Doma,

Commissioner of Police MMA Command, at the police headquarters, Lagos.

Mr. Doma disclosed

that 21 pieces of “expensive” wristwatches and seven automatic electric

door handles believed to have been stolen, were also recovered from the

suspect’s apartment, adding that through Mr. John, the command

apprehended two other employees of the company involved in the crime.

“Through the first

suspect, two members of the syndicate, namely Alen Akin and Ahulor

Alexander, all staff of NAHCO, were also picked up and the remaining

items stolen from the warehouse on the night of March 22, were

recovered,” he said.

Confirming the

arrest of the syndicate, an employee at the aviation handling company,

who asked to remain anonymous, disclosed that the arrest of the group

was the right thing to do, adding that it was unfortunate to figure out

that the perpetrators of the crime were workers in the company.

“Their arrest is

the best thing at this time, although no one had expected that the

thieves will be employees of NAHCO,” the source said.

The MMA police commissioner stated that the suspects will be prosecuted according to the demands of the law.

“All those involved will be charged to court as soon as we conclude our investigations,” he said.

Mr. Doma further

disclosed that the police has been able to eliminate violent crime at

Lagos airports, adding that there has been “drastic” reduction in the

forging and faking of receipts, invoices, and other documents used to

fraudulently clear cargoes at the various aviation ground handling

companies.

“Touting at MMIA has reduced and we have been able to record

considerable success in the war against commercial motorcycle (okada)

operators at the airports,” he said.