The Department of State Services, DSS, in Edo State, on Monday questioned the mother of the 15-year-old Daniel Oikhena, a stowaway teenager found at the wheel compartment of an Arik Air flight last Saturday.
The aircraft had flown from Benin Airport, in the state capital to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
The teenage boy’s mother, while speaking with newsmen, in confirmation of her invitation by the SSS, said she was shocked when her sister-in-law in Germany informed her of the development, after she read the incident on the internet.
She expressed shock that her son could embark on such a life-threatening journey.
According to Mrs Oikhena, her son was at home with his elder sister, Tonia, his two younger brothers and his grand mother. She was away to visit her elder sister who had just delivered a baby.
“I was shocked when I came back Saturday morning, and they told me that Daniel had disappeared and when I asked my daughter, she said she had a quarrel with him because the boy was watching movies late into the night,” she said.
“I had even gone to report the matter at Evbuotubu police station before my sister-in-law from Germany called me to say that the story of my son was in the internet.
“One of Daniel’s younger brothers said he saw him remove his school books from his bag. So I asked my neighbours whether any of them saw him and they told me that around 5 to 6 am, they heard sounds that somebody was opening the gate but never thought it was my son. He doesn’t go out. What I know is that he is always watching movies in the house, because he doesn’t have friends.
“I went to Oba Market police station, they referred me to Evbuotubu police station. When I got there, they said they would declare him missing after 24 hours and that I should come back the next day. I went to inform my pastor and other members, my friends and other relations,” she narrated.
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