An official of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mohammed Shuaibu was beaten until he fell into a coma by two unidentified Nigerian Air Force officers in charge of traffic at the departure section of the terminal wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos yesterday May 18th.
According to Vanguard, the badly beaten Shuaibu who works at the protocol and passages section of FAAN, had told his friend to pick him up at the airport but when his friend got to the airport, the Air Force officers decided to take off his number plate for reasons yet unknown.
As they were attempting to do so, Shuaibu, in his FAAN uniform approached the men and pleaded on his friend's behalf for the officers not to take down his number plate. An argument ensued between the officers and Shuaibu. And then Shuaibu was attacked.
Shuaibu was beaten by the officers until blood was gushing out of his nostrils. He was rushed to the Airport Hospital where he is yet to regain consciousness. An official of FAAN who spoke anonymously said "Shuaibu begged them and introduced himself as a FAAN staff, but they seemed not to care. By the time other people arrived the scene, Shuaibu had collapsed and blood was flowing from different parts of his body. We first moved him to FAAN clinic, where they said his heart beat was slowing down and he was finding it difficult to breathe. So we have to rush him to the airport hospital.”
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