Nigeria Immigration Officer at MMIA, retrieves $5,000, credit card, and others of Foreign passengers.
Honesty as a watchword cannot be learned, it’s inborn, enthusiasm had gone wild after a Chief Immigration Assistant, Omodayo Odewenwa of Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos displayed, that integrity and honesty are not bought.
CIA Omodayo Odewenwa came across a misplaced $5,000, several Credit Cards, and an Identification Documents (ID) card of yet to be identified foreign passenger at the Visa On Arrival (VOA) lounge at the E-Arrival Wing of Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
The items belonging to a yet-to-be-seen foreign passenger were discovered in a folder wallet pack on the ground around the VOA lounge of the Airport.
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Strict efforts have been put in place to contact the owner whose contact info was traced back using information
supplied on his Immigration form, during the clearance period, although the Command is yet to hear from him.
It is however advisable that passengers at all times, should complete their Immigration forms with genuine information at both the Arrivals & Departures as that’s the only way to contact them in a case like this.
The NIS MMIA Command, Ikeja, Lagos has assured that the items are safely kept in the Command, awaiting onward delivery once the owner is on the ground and verified.
OGUNSOLA TEMITOPE AYO
IKEJA, LAGOS.