One of the travelers on the Air Peace aircraft from Abuja to Port Harcourt, Vitalis Nwabuzor, was allegedly found in possession of cash that belonged to other travelers.
When questioning Nwabuzor, aviation security personnel discovered multiple bundles of naira bills in his backpack.
Mr. Vitalis Nwabuzor, a passenger on an Air Peace aircraft from Abuja to Port Harcourt, was recently caught stealing from another passenger’s suitcase.
Nwabuzor allegedly stole money that was originally placed in a brown envelope and a computer bag that belonged to another passenger from the bag’s original location inside the overhead compartment of the aircraft, according to the information that was made available.
Subsequently, Nwabuzor altered the location of the aforementioned computer bag, relocating it to a different compartment, and subsequently transferred to an unoccupied seat situated at the rear of the aircraft.
The Suspect was one of the first few passengers to leave the aircraft, despite the announcement specifying disembarkation in a line-by-line manner, starting from the front of the aircraft.
Videos circulating online captured the moment when the suspect was eventually apprehended, and the money taken from him was recovered. Various currencies in different denominations were found on him.
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Spokesperson of Air Peace, Stanley Olisa, disclosed that Nwabuzor was caught by the owner of the money who called the attention of the crew.
Olisa said,
“During the flight, Nwabuzor took another passenger’s computer bag from the overhead cabin, took the brown envelope containing the money (N1m), put the computer bag in another luggage compartment and moved to an empty seat at the back of the aircraft.
He was one of the first few to disembark despite the announcement of proper disembarkation sequence by the crew. He was eventually caught and the money retrieved from him. Different currencies in different denominations were found on him”.
The passenger was given to the security personnel of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), who intended to send him to the Police for additional inquiries.
The owner of the money afterwards expressed unwillingness to pursue the matter further, and the police later verified that they had released the passenger on bail and noted that the possibility of prosecution is minimal.
