Boy arrested in airport for flying from Benin to Lagos under Arik-plane tyre hole, thought he was going to US

14-year-old Daniel Ihekina, was arrested at the Lagos Airport after flying in the tyre hole of an Arik plane from Benin to Lagos on Saturday morning, thought he was on a US-bound flight.

Sources at Benin Airport said the boy said he was being maltreated and tried to escape from his parents. He thought he was on his way to the US.

Unfortunately for him the plane wasn't flying to the US, it was flying to Lagos where the stowaway was arrested as he alighted from the wheel well of the aircraft.

Daniel is presently in the custody of the State Security Service (SSS).