Nigerian man rams car into parked plane

CALABAR, Nigeria -- A man who claimed to have been sent by Jesus to punish sinners rammed his car into a parked plane at an airport in southeastern Nigeria, an aviation spokesman said Thursday.

No one was hurt in the incident Wednesday and the spokesman said Nigeria had no problem with security.

The United States put Nigeria on a list of countries needing to improve security after Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was arrested on suspicion of trying to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner in December using explosives hidden in his underwear.

“There is no problem at all at our airports, no cause for alarm, as we have the necessary security on the ground,” said Akin Olukunle, spokesman for the Federal Airport Authority.

He said the driver had broken through two security gates at Calabar international airport and rammed his car into the Arik Air plane before soldiers arrested him. The suspect was heard yelling that all Nigerians were sinners and must repent or perish, a reporter who was at the airport said. The man, who is from Nigeria's southeastern state of Akwa Ibom, said he had been sent by Jesus Christ.

Authorities were questioning him in Calabar.

The crew of the plane, which had arrived from Lagos and was on its way to the capital Abuja, were not injured and no passengers were on board at the time.

“Our men rushed to the scene and evacuated crew members on board,” Olukunle said. “We have beefed up security.”

A bomb squad found no explosives in the car and flights continued despite the incident.
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I doubt though ,If he kolo.

" What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?" Romans 8:31.

I think so,If his head is correct,he will not hit an empty plane .

Whether his head is correct or not,I wonder how he can reach the tarmac with his car,Is the Calabar Airport that porous that any body can drive and collide with planes,Don't they have even barb wires?. or is this a story or what?.

I agree with you entirely.

He should be punished seriously,so that He will be an example to others,irregardless of his reasons.

I believe the fool needs some psychiatric evaluation and may God forgive him for blasphemy.

Ah!!!,Don't be too harsh on the poor man,probably he just had a break failure as he was driving to his farm close to fenceless airport .
and by the way ,For say , he settled the officers ,the issue would have died down.

It is not beyond them for sure. But the real culprits are the authorities for having two laws- one each for the rich and the poor. An ordinary Nigerian on foot will be thrown out of the tarmac with alacrity. The rich are driven to the plane.

I am not being harsh but realistic.1. Think of the casualties we would have had if anything had happened.People would have lost their loved ones.2.Nigeria would have entered fully into the terrorist country list as this would have been tantamount to suicide killing.You and I would be so scared of flying in any aircraft cos u wouldn't know who will come with something worse. He needs a psychiatric evaluation really.As for our security agents God will take care of them for not being agile and alert.

I agree with you that he needs no pity but He does not need any psychiatry evaluation ,what he need is torturing.
A mad man that can
1 drive a car,
2 locate the Airport,
3 by pass chicken head securities
4 braek into the tarmac
5 and ran into a plane
DO YOU THINK THIS GUY IS MAD ?.

Indeed, some stories posted on this forum need confirmation. I sincerely wonder how a man will access the tarmac with a private vehicle to ram into an aircraft. Even if it is a mental case, it portends a compromise on the part of security operatives!

This is not a story ,it was all over the news, check it out here yourself Nigerian Man ram into a Plane.