A Nigerian man has revealed the shocking response his aunt received from ‘bribe seeking’ airport officials at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, after she told them she had no money.
According to the man with Twitter handle @wizarab10, his aunt was traveling to London when she met the airport officials who told her to remove the Aboniki balm in her bag because it’s contraband.
She however insisted that she needs it on the flight because she was cold. In a bid to extort money from her, the airport officials said the only way they can allow her go with the Aboniki is if she settles them.
Responding, she said she doesn’t have money as she had ‘bribed’ many airport workers already. Shockingly, the airport officials said they know she has money because they checked her bag.
Infuriated by the staff’s statement, @Wizarab10 told Nigerians who to blame if anything goes missing in their bags while travelling.
The man wrote;
“My Aunt was travelling to London last week. At the Lagos Airport, she was told she had to remove Aboniki from her bag as it was contraband. She explained she was cold and needed it for her nose. The idiots told her she had to settled them.
She responded she had no money as she had shared it to every worker demanding money from.the gate to that point.
Here is what they told her:
“Madam, money dey this bag. Na me scan am na. I see am.”
What manner of criminality is this? If your stuff disappear, it is intentional”
Read his tweets below,