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Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by OneONYX: 1:43pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
Suicide mission • Desperate man sneaks into Delta Airline plane’s tyre compartment with the aim to be smuggled into the US, but arrives Atlanta as mangled dead body By CHIOMA IGBOKWE Saturday, April 17, 2010 The family of a Nigerian, who wanted to play James Bond and perhaps, shock the world with his plan, is currently gnashing its teeth, as the venture has ended in tragedy. Saturday Sun gathered that a young Nigerian, Mr. Emeka Okechukwu Okeke, recently wanted to do the impossible by smuggling himself into the United States, but ended up arriving not only in body bag but also as mangled body. Impeccable sources at the Murtala Muhammed International, Lagos, revealed that Okeke had beaten all security at the airport, traced his way to the tarmac and sneaked into the tyre compartment of a Delta Airline’s plane scheduled to depart for Atlanta, United States. It was gathered that the plane had departed Lagos, without Okeke being detected, and safely arrived Atlanta. Ground staff of the airline, in the United States, were said to have discovered pieces of flesh and blood smear on one of the tyres of the plane and raised an alarm. A check on the plane revealed the mangled body of Okeke in one of the tyre compartments of the aircraft. The check also revealed a bag and a mobile phone on what remained of the body of the young man. Saturday Sun gathered that shocked officials of Delta Airlines, in the US, had put on the mobile phone and scrolled through the numbers. To find out the identity of the man, they were said to have called the last number dialed and made inquiries. The man, who received the call, was said to have revealed that the owner of the phone had travelled to the United States. Delta Airlines officials in the United States had transferred the case to Nigeria, where it was discovered that Okeke, who is married, had confided in some of his friends and relatives that he was travelling to the United States on the night he sneaked into the tyre compartment of the aircraft. His family has been contacted and its members have identified the corpse of Okeke. According to our source, Okeke is from Anambra and had tried unsuccessfully for years to get a visa to America. Owing to desperation, he decided to embark on the risky venture, which eventually claimed his life. Although, he told his family that he was travelling to US, he never revealed that he was going to sneak into the tyre compartment of the aircraft. According to our source, Okeke colluded with airport officials to gain access to the tarmac, before finding his way to the plane in the dark. He was said to have wrapped himself in a blanket, not knowing that the aircraft tyres would get to where he was and kill him. Meanwhile, Delta Airline staffers, who guarded the plane at the airport on the day the incident happened, have been arrested by the police, to explain how Okeke sneaked into the tyre compartment of the plane. Saturday Sun gathered that Delta Airline has a security policy, whereby its plane at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, is guarded from the time it arrives Nigeria, in the afternoon, till when it departs with passengers in the night. With such security arrangement, the airline is, therefore, shocked that somebody could have access to the plane undetected and embarked on a suicide mission, which has caused the airline a scandal. The police at the airport command are currently battling to find out how security was breached at the airport that day. An airport official, who pleaded for anonymity, told Saturday Sun, that many people had been smuggled out of the country by sneaking into aircraft. The source said: “That route is for people who have guts and all efforts to leave Nigeria have failed. The man has bad luck; it is not his destiny to leave Nigeria. Maybe he did not follow the instructions given to him on how to survive under there. This is not the first time people are sneaking out of Nigeria through that means. Sometime last year a woman travelled through that means and arrived safely. “If this man arrived safely, we would not be talking about this. He was careless with his life. Now innocent staff of the airline are going to suffer for his mistake. Those who guarded the plane that night were arrested.” The racket at the airport The question being asked by people is, how possible is it that somebody would gain access to the tarmac undetected, considering the tight security in the airport? Our source explained that such illegal movement is being coordinated by a syndicate at the airport, which also works with airlines’ workers. It was gathered that people who need such services pay as much as N800,000. They tutored on how to survive in the aircraft compartment. For one, it was learnt that they are given blankets and winter clothes with which they would keep warn while the plane is in flight across the Atlantic. In the country of destination, the illegal immigrants are received by agents in the syndicate, who smuggle them into the country. Our source blamed the level of corruption at the airport on poor working condition, alleging that some of staff are paid N30, 000 monthly. “In this present day, how can one survive with such an amount of money? We have to survive; that is why there can never be a cure for the level of corruption at the airport. There is nothing like absolute security; the people at the helm of affairs smuggle things into the plane also, despite their fat allowance,” an airport worker said. When contacted, officials of Delta airlines refused to comment. However, a policeman at the airport command confirmed the incident and said investigation was going on. |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by dandollar1: 2:19pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
Na wa o! |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by Jakumo(m): 2:30pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
The traveller achieved his goal of reaching America at all costs, and he will now be buried in a gunny sack, in which he will rest in pieces in the Promised Land forever more, Amen. Praise the Lord ! |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by desgiezd(m): 2:36pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
How could he have, out of desperation, squeezed himself into the tyre compartment of a plane? What sort of desperation is that? |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by Mbeki: 2:38pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
God should deliver us from the hardship in this country oh! No water, No good road, No electricity, No education, No good health. Even the free air God gave us is polluted. But the man should have gone to Ghana, at least life is better there than Nigeria instead of meeting his untimely death. |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by Fhemmmy: 2:39pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
Na by force person dey go USA? |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by kosovo(m): 2:44pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
this is pathetic . . . Words fail me! |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by Abagworo(m): 2:46pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
he would have died of air shortage even if he wasn't crushed by the tyres.movies are not real.nobody can breathe at very high altitudes. |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by deb(m): 3:09pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
Am flabaWHELMED and overGASTED! naija people na wah for una o?! |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by candylips(m): 3:25pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
what a waste |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by Fhemmmy: 3:28pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
I guess he never told his friends how he planned to get to the USA. Also, what a security loop holes |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by labiyemmy(m): 3:35pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
If the slave trade era were to come back - many Nigerias will queue up begging to be taken as slaves to the new world - what a shame -! Travelling to America indeed!!! |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by Fhemmmy: 3:37pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
When a man has lost all hope and his environment aint helping, sometimes, they are bound to take some stupid step to "realize" their "dreams" |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by Nobody: 3:39pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
lord have mercy. and the write up said people do travel to the US in that manner? |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by lannre(m): 3:40pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
But where is the so call security, how did he check in ? More to this than the story of Tyre |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by bilymuse: 3:40pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
I felt for him and cried for Nigeria Why should another cousin mine die needlessly. |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by Fhemmmy: 3:56pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
bilymuse: The buzz word |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by tkb417(m): 4:01pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
lannre:u think he was checked in? |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by OAM4J: 4:17pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
Terrible. The security lapses should be looked into. Someone could have successfully plant a bo.mb on a plane like that. What a waste! |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by otawa: 9:52pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
This is what you get when a country has no more soul. It is also a lesson for those of you abroad to tell the truth to those of us at home. There is no paradise anywhere on earth. Another useless loss. |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by ezeagu(m): 10:01pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
Not the first time this has happened. He probably read about other stories. He would have died from freezing anyway, especially as it is nighttime. |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by sjeezy8: 10:03pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
lol thats crazy |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by Nobody: 10:09pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
rotfl |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by violent(m): 10:12pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
I'd say sack and arrest the security details attached to the airport. The dude could have been a terrorist for pete's sake! Its sad the way his life ended though, but it ended on his own terms. You gotta give him credit as well, he's got tésticles ! |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by chic2pimp(m): 10:13pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
May His Rest In Peace. |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by 4Play(m): 10:17pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
The racket at the airport |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by Nobody: 10:17pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
chic2pimp: Your cousin's way of coming to America. . . . oti o violent:He prolly paid one of them checkers at the security point. |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by CyberG: 10:18pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
Trace this event of today back several years and you will find the cause: FAILED LEADERSHIP! Guess what? The founder of the most corrupt leadership in Nigeria, IBB, is plotting hard to return to the seat! If successful. . .many Naija people will be taking this kind of flight in a few short years! It will be welcome to FailureVille! |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by 4Play(m): 10:18pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
FL Gators: Shut up, is this not how how you came to America? |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by Nobody: 10:20pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
4 Play:Yes, yes, thatz exactly how. |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by sjeezy8: 10:22pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
Ohhh shiott my fault I didnt know he died- All i read was person smugged into aplane in tire lol RIP- i guess even though that was dumbass shiot on the guys part. |
Re: Nigerian Travels To The Us In The Tyre Of A Plane! by Nobody: 10:24pm On Apr 19, 2010 |
sjeezy8:Same here. May his soul RIP |
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