Man, whose identity is still unknown, believed to be attempting to steal cables, was electrocuted inside the powerhouse at Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, managed by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

The man, thought to be around middle age, allegedly tried to steal electrical cables and equipment from the FAAN powerhouse. He gained access to the power generating building and started disconnecting the power installations for the Lagos Airport before he was electrocuted.

FAAN’s managing director, Olubunmi Kuku, confirmed the incident and assured that the agency is taking strong measures to prevent unauthorized access to the airports.

At the commissioning of 30 Special Forces to guard Lagos Airport, Kuku mentioned that vandals have previously breached airport perimeter fences, stealing airfield lighting equipment, and potentially endangering airport workers.

Kuku said ,

 “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. We do have, you know, individual issues.

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