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Panic As Lagos-Bound Passenger Dies At Abuja Airport

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Apr 21, 2022.

Abdulsalam Abdullah Opeyemi

There was confusion at Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja airport, following the death of a Lagos-Bound Passenger at the domestic wing of the airport

…She was said to have slumped as a result of high blood pressure

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Lagos-bound passenger on Tuesday died at the domestic wing of Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA).

The female traveller identified as Mama Tobi, was at the boarding area for her journey to Lagos when she reportedly slumped due to high blood pressure.

A lawyer, Felix Ashimole, who was present at the scene, said the woman died as medical personnel from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) did not respond on time.

“Where is the money they claim was sunk into renovating the airport to world standard? For 13 minutes, no FAAN medical personnel. She died in my hands and a few others. A medical doctor on his way to Kano tried but as he finally said, “We lost her.”

“But she would’ve been saved, had FAAN provided basic insulin. She was diabetic. Her sugar went high; She entered a coma; No medical attention; She saw the light and moved towards it. We kept calling her, Mama Tobi, Mama Tobi, don’t leave us, wake up, Good morning but saliva trickled down, foams bubbled and I knew she had seen a better place and wouldn’t be coming back!

“FAAN and the entire airline staff on the ground were stupidly acting as if è no concern for them. They kept announcing boarding and NEVER USED their speaker to ask if there is any medical personnel on the ground. Finally, they brought an ambulance from their firefighting department, to take her corpse away! good night Mummy Tobi. Your country and countrymen failed you,” the lawyer wrote in a social media post.

It was learnt that the corpse of the Lagos-bound passenger was taken to the NAF Medical Centre at the airport.

When contacted last night, the spokesperson of FAAN, Mrs Faithful Hope-Ivbaze, said it was not true that FAAN did not respond on time.

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According to her, “Our doctors were there. We are not happy it happened. We regret it happened but God knows the best in every situation.”

She, however, expressed the condolence of FAAN to the family of the Lagos-bound passenger and prayed to God to grant them the fortitude to bear the loss.

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