The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, (FAAN) has confirmed the temporary shut down of the runway at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) as a result of an unidentified human remains found on runway 18R/36L on Thursday, May 19, 2022.
In a statement by Faithful Hope-Ivbaze, a motorized cleaner that was cleared to carry out rubber removal from the airfield and sweep the runway discovered the remains at about 0106hours, and escalated the situation to relevant departments.
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Hope-Ivbaze, acting general manager, Corporate Affairs said as a result, between 0110 and 0343 hours, the runway was temporarily closed to allow for immediate evacuation of the remains and flight operations resumed at 0343 hours.
“Investigations are ongoing, and a report will be issued accordingly,” she added.
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha
Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers.
She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay.
She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos.
As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender.
She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies.
Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the
prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category.
She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category.
She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations.
Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.
