SSS denies arresting mother of stowaway boy

The Department of State Security
Service (SSS) in Benin on Monday denied
arresting Mrs. Evenly Ohikhena, the mother
of the 13-year-old stowaway boy, Daniel
Ohikhena.
A senior SSS officer, who confirmed the
presence of Mrs Oikhena at their office
however, denied that she was under arrest.
The apprehended teenager who stowed
from Benin.
“We just want to document her statement
since her son is in our custody in Lagos.
“She will be allowed to leave as soon as we
are done with taking details from her,’’ the
source said
Daniel, who sneaked into the wheels of a
Lagos-bound Arik plane at the Benin airport
on Saturday, has been taken into custody of
SSS in Lagos.
Earlier, Ohikhena told newsmen in Benin
that she reported a case of missing person
at Evbotubu Police Station on Saturday when
she realised that Daniel was neither at home
nor in their Goodwill road neighbourhood.
She, however, said that she got the news of
her son’s arrest from her sister-in-law in
Germany and the national dailies.
“On that fateful day I left home on Friday
night to my elder sister’s place that gave
birth and I passed the night there.
“When I came back in the morning, my
daughter told me that both of them had an
argument when they were watching film,’’
Ohikhena said.
Mr Sunday Ayodele, the airport Manager,
handed over Oikhena to SSS officer attached
to the airport. (NAN)