On Tuesday May 7th, popular hotelier and politician Prince Buruji Kashamu was on Arik flight no -
W3155 from Lagos to Abuja, Time- 15h00. Ticket number 7253293631462-1.
Seat no- 4F, when his $62, 000 disappeared from his briefcase. Below is what he said.
"I have never heard of this type of daylight robbery and didn't think I
would be the first but the next time it happens to me, Arik Air should
be ready for me.
I had $62,000 ( sixty two thousand dollars) in my briefcase and saw the
money just before I went through screening. I noticed in the car on my
way to the hotel that the money has mysteriously left my suitcase.
Arik air either has a ring of thieves doing this operation in
collaboration with the operators of the screening machine or has a
spirit that steals from its overhead compartment."
I heard that some people actually buy business class tickets just to steal from the rich men in that section of the plane. This is not the first time we are hearing about people losing things on the plane. The airline companies need to be more vigilant.
170 comments:
Hmmm guess he boarded a plane with Robinhood.
sorry though,oh! he's a politician.
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Now we know you entered local flight Business Class...REALLY?
Arik should actually file suit against him for this unsubstantiated allegations.
Smh, thieves are everywhere now..it might also be a passenger that stole it tho, can't be too sure who stole it
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Prove you actually boarded with $62K
I believe Arik Air has wrong sets of guys as staffs.I was robbed of a device worth 8000 dollars on my flight from Lagos to Accra infact my checked-in luggage was already designed with a blade on picking it up at Accra airport...very sad way to go Arik and this events keep reoccuring....
Linda, abeg wia ur end-quote kwanu..as for d politician man, al ah can say iz; comin first tu d media is very childish on his part,. .on a lighter note., nemesis tinz.
Why will he in possession of such amount?
Arik Air: Gives your money wings!
Lol!!!
He let it go just like that! wow! that like 9,920,000 million naira.The title should be,
Spirit Thieves and the stealing scanning machine.lolz
Linda, same thing happened to me from Heathrow to lagos . My luggage was left behind n it took them three days to send it down n when they did my box was opened n the padlock dropped inside the box, they took my husband's 7 shirts n slippers I bought for both of us, in their rush they took one leg each even my daughter's tooth brush was not spared . Those pple r bunch of theives sent so many emails n non was replied. My advice avoid Arik Air they r not organised.
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This dude wants 2 bone d $62,000???? NA WA SHAAA!! Some ppl just have enuf 2 throw around and about. For him 2even giv d impression he's not gonna fret about dis dough says it all: He didn't sweat 4it.
Lappy has gone missen before, last week i flew with Arik, was advised by their Chief Security not to screen my lappy cos it might get missen. and also told me to lock my box to avoid my things being stolen
He lost 9.9milla & he is sounding soooo complacent? am certain that money was not hard earned!
The guys that load baggage on conveyor are the worst. i boarded Arik air from Port harcourt to Lagos on 17th of March, 6pm flight and my bag was checked-in, on arriving lagos i found out the side zip of my box was open. thank God i had padlock on the main compartment of the box.
what was he doing with such amount and why is he not doing anything about it? He is a thief too
money dey talk eeh he's not even bothered about the cash,if na me dey go vomit dt moola oo,we are talking $62,000!!!!i know wat i will do with it
Nah wah ooo, Arik nah only una??
Can stil rememba all d nonsense dey did to Japheth Omojuwa last year....dey need to check deir staff abi nah passengers....
Jst sayin, no smoke witout fire
But is that amount not of money allowed to fly with?
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Efcc shld catch him. Y shld an educated biz man move with such huge physical cash? He shld be ashamed to mke it public.this sounds like a case of money launderin. Gbam
Notin new 4 naija jawe...e suppose thank God say dem no carry d whole briefcase
Why should any body carry 62000 dollars cash in this days? Is that not madness? But if this really happened in Arik Air they should be ashamed of themselves!
Sir, next time biko tie d maney around ur waist...maka safety
I lost 50,000 naira on an Arik Lagos to Port Harcourt flight in 2012. It was part of my contribution for a burial ceremony I was going to attend. Upon getting home in Port Harcourt, I needed some money to pay the cab fare. I looked into my brief case and the entire bundle of 500 naira notes had disappeared.
I'm not surprised because when I told some friends, they said they had experienced same in Arik flights.
Ole gbe, Ole gba!
And they are stupidly expensive. Useless pple with constant delay flight.
Hahahahahahah
wish am d person who got that big fat cash lol sowie sir u be more careful k..
Hello people Arik airline have thieves as their hosts and hostesses,even at the airport,someone complained of his wallet with 2k dollars that he forgot by the time the wallet was returned ,there was no money in it,he made trouble and threatened before they brought it back,the little Nigerian currecy in the wallet was never returned,i have heard stories of thieves in Arik airline
Ahanahanaha plane thivies
I forgot my wallet under the seat in front of me in Ethiopian Airline plane on Sunday May 5th, the wallet was found and sent down to me in Nigeria with all the contents in tact even the Dollars in it. Let us emulate this practice! One love Nigeria!
Arik Air people stole a brand new blackberry phone that someone bought and left the case,they have thieves as workers there
Hello people Arik airline have thieves as their hosts and hostesses,even at the airport,someone complained of his wallet with 2k dollars that he forgot by the time the wallet was returned ,there was no money in it,he made trouble and threatened before they brought it back,the little Nigerian currecy in the wallet was never returned,i have heard stories of thieves in Arik airline
Forget am o...baba sheri dey move around with large cash ni o.I no doubt am say he carry dat sum.am not sayin Arik airline staff stole his money but forget...d guy dey move with cashhhh.
That was how that naughty boy called Omojuwa supposedly misplaced his iPad on Arik Flight as he claimed and we didnt hear word on twitter. He referred to Arik Air with all forms of derogatory words until he was called to meet the Chairman of Arik and was rewarded handsomely then he kept quiet...Forget all the rantings and insults he dishes on GEJ on twitter, every one has a price. Arik bought Omojuwa's conscience and he stopped insulting them because he earlier vowed never to stop exposing the ills in Arik.
olitician or not, the amount or not, truth is arik is not reliable with pax (passangers)lurgage, and wen such thefts are reported, they treat it like .. madam na 2day>> kinda attitude, its sad the image they leave behind..... now i send my bag as um(un acconpined0 to other airline 2 bring down... its not fair, both international and domestic.... its not rght
U mean u let it go just like that? $62k. Hmmm. Hard to blv jare
Ole gbe, Ole gba!
wonder why fools just come here to make comments.....so u think he came to talk just to brag that he enters biz class abi? if you are poverty stricken don't think everyone is on ur level..u get to a level where biz class is not a big deal...sadly Arik is truly not an organized airline..Food on the international route is rubbish and while i have not personally lost anything i know a number of people who has....we pray they sit up and begin to represent us properly as a nation...
Same thing happened to my dad. 500k was stolen from him on Dana air from Abuja to Lagos.
Same thing happened to my dad. 500k was stolen from him on Dana air from Abuja to Lagos.
The word is "these" asshole.
Any y'all think Baba Ijebu will allow his money to go like that.Arik is joking.
$62000 = N10million.
When the "Big Boys" catch you, they will now know the minimum amount for you to regain your freedom.
The story get K-leg
He is a politician, so he stole the money at d first place. All of them are thieves
So he boarded the flight with a whooping sum of $62,000????? And no one sees this as a problem? This nigga needs his ass locked up in some correctional facility! This is money laundering yo!
Oboy, dem don dey thieve 4 plane too
The same thing happened to my dad, 500k was stolen from him on Dana flight to Lagos from Abuja
Lol.. At spirit thieves
Same thing happened to me. $32k was stolen from my bag couple of months back. This same arik
anonymous...so..sad...to.loosethat..amount..of.money..b'cause..u..board..arik,.aircraft...ur..money..disappear..d..aircraft..has..turn..to..witchcraft..thank. God..u.are..still..alive..its..better..to.. loose. Money.
.than..to..live..if.d ..craft.blast.in.d.air.nobody..remember.d.money.so..bros...any.time.u.want.travel..open.ur..eyes.well..
If he is willing to let go of more than 9million naira then he is a thief himself. If Arik air should steal 500k (my sweat) from me they would lose their planes. Arik air pls stop stealing customers money and properties ooo. Shame on you. Mj
I am neither an Arik staff nor have I got any stakes in Arik, but somethings shouldn't be take at face value. Just because this man claims he lost that amount of money doesn't make it true. For God sakes, he had the money in his brief case, which I presume must have being in the over head compartment of the seat where he sat. How can someone tamper with the brief case without his knowledge or is he trying to say he fell asleep on just a one hour's flight? And there is no possibility that the money was taken during the screening, it takes just under two minutes to screen passengers, so if it was at that point, how come he didn't see the act being committed? And moreover, for a business man, I will expect he knows better than traveling around with that king of physical cash, we have easier access to money and very efficient and fast cash transfers now. I am not ruling out the truth of this story but it doesn't add up in my opinion. For all that it is worth, he might not have lost that money on the plane, just my opinion.
I hv been on an Arik flight from Lag to PH and a chinese guy claimed his $10k was stolen. We were all searched before disembarking from the plane. I was livid dat morning. I don't know the eventual ouTcome sha maybe d money was found or not. ArikAir...gives ur money wings!!!
My goodness, that money will so make me happy right now. I need a new car and a nice apartment. I am tired of begging for rides and sleeping on people's couches. Did he declare the cash tho and this is not the first time we have heard of Arik doing this type
Yea Arik has to do smthing because I rem travelln from lagos to warri one guy complained abt his money and fones stolen during d screening process
I forgot my wallet under the seat in front of me in Ethiopian Airline plane on Sunday May 5th, the wallet was found and sent down to me in Nigeria with all the contents in tact even the Dollars in it. Let us emulate this practice! One love Nigeria!
Are u a daft? Lagos to abuja flight will be wat? International? If u are not a village idiot u will knw that there's no first class in domestic flights. Ewu gambia Linda pls look for hw to stop publishn stupid comments.
Why would you carry such an amount on a plane...what happened to depositing money at the bank...I believe its only thieves that carry such amounts of money in cash...I never pity politicians, they deserve every form of humiliation they get
Na theif dey rob thief!!! Period
Arik is not a bad airline but they need CCTV's and they need to do extensive screening before hiring. I havbe heard too many horror stories of stolen personal effects and expensive gadgets. This is getting out of control. They need to take the safety protection of their clients seriously. Not just getting us to our destination in one piece but that our belongings do as well
Linda pls post this. I just want to show naijas in yankee that they have the short end of the stick whenever they steal or committ fraud. I read this on yahoo this morning. 45million dollar atm fraud by non nigerians and only ONE name was mentioned but when naijas steal, they print their names, fathers name, grand and great grand fathers name. Naija boys and girls should pls stop soiling our names and live right. stop stealing...http://news.yahoo.com/feds-nyc-hackers-stole-45m-atm-card-breach-155109500.html
Ok we have heard
Double the price was stole from my mom. She boarded an emirate flight from Lagos to Abidjan... Even with the fact that she declared the money from departure nothing was done.
Pity!
Which facility do you work in? My fellow CO
Arik airline must be joking it seems they do not know the kashaams. They r very powerful oooo nd influential. Oga oooooi
Ode!!! That's why immigration is there and passengers are allowed to carry even bigger amount as long as they declare
Whats your point? Omojuwa suffered a loss on an airlines plane. Omojuwa makes a fuss about it coz he is a public figure. Omojuwa is invited by airline and gets compensated for his loss. Omojuwa stops making noise. Your conclusion - Omojuwa's conscience was bought?! How does this sound logical to you? SMH
You know what I say? *pulling down both eye lids* NTOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!! Who travels with that amount of money on their person, is he laundering money? Did the banks in Nigeria disappear? Ever heard of wire transfer, buddy?
What has Arik air got to do with it? You cannot blame them if you did not secure your brief case by USING A COMBINATION LOCK and placing UNDER THE SEAT IN FRONT OF YOU?
How do we even know, sir that you HAD that amount of money on your person? Could you be saying that in order to DEFRAUD Arik air of that amount of money? What is your proof that you had that amount of money on your person? Where is your withdrawal slip from the bank?
I ain't no friend of ARIK, I am sure there are people working for them that are less than honest BUT at the same time, you no sabi sey NA NAIJA YOU DEY? VIGILANCE AT ALL TIME EVEN IF NA BAG OF GROUNDNUT YOU DEY CARRY! PERSIN DEY HUNGRY WEY GO STEAL AM!
There was a lady screaming bloody hell about a laptop she left in her suitcase that was lifted and later discovered in a back room there in airport. IF she hadn't made such a huge fuss, she wouldn't have seen her computer and as much as I felt bad for her and don't think it is right that these baggage claim employees steal from passengers, at the same time I wanted to ask her if she was stupid? WHO puts their laptop in a suitcase in NIGERIA land of crooks?
I don't even do it and I live in the States. I will NOT put my computer in my suitcase from Dallas to Houston airport and this is just within Texas not to talk of LA to South Carolina.
People are more angry at their stupidity when things like this happen than they are at the stuff being stolen because they could have taken better care of their property especially knowing where they LIVE.
I don't think Arik airline is ready to stop this habit until they start loosing their customers. Their case with a customer is still going on in Benin same issue and the management doesn't want to do anything. Goodluck to them. People that are still boarding their plane should be careful
That is why it happened to you sir.... you lose N10M just like that and all you say is, 'next time Arik should be ready for you'.
Next time?? Next time??? Who loses N10M of hard earned money and walks away from it?
Except na hot blood money sha.
Pls oga, what are you doing with $62k.... In these days of cashless policies... You shld be arrested for flying with N10,044,000.00 cash. You are a thief oga politician.
Just 4rm lag to ph arik stole my 1stblackberry!
Cashless society ring a bell. Must be dodgy money that his why he is carrying cash rather than Internet transfer.
They are thieves my dear,those arik people,my friend lost things there and threatened them before they released one
Anonymous 1:10pm, , there's nothing like 'staffs' its staff .doesn't matter if they r more than2 or 1....Thank me now!
You are stupid did you see it written that he owns a hotel and maybe other buisnesses,most of u when given the opportunity to be a politicain ,u will even steal more,yet u call everyone names
Since Arik seems to be full of shit, what other good and reliable airlines are in Nigeria??
We now know!!!! Ah-Ah!
did he declare the amount of cash he had with him before boarding?
people give themselves unecessary problems and begin to cry wolf wolf afterwards. if you have that much with you, declare it and let them know you'd prefer your briefcase to be under your seat or sumfn.
I travel Arik all the time, and when am loaded, I declare and request for my handbag to be under the seat right in front of me..as I sitdon, I take leg match the bag for ground. if the bag mistake move, I move the mover.
This man with such a huge sum of money shd be arrested, has he not heard of Bank transfer or Visa, master Cards? What about our cashless society, the EFCC shd get to question him for carrying such a huge amount of money in a plane
Funny enough, my Arik flight was canceled Lagos - New York by a single note on the counter in Lagos and I flew from Enugu, with the same Arik and they didn't feel like telling me dey canceled the flight. It took them 12hrs to get me a hotel room and dat was because I wanted to call the American Embassy to tell them I was stranded by my air line. On the day I was suppose to fly back, I packed my boxes and instead of sending a bus to pick me up, a truck came, I didn't want to use that but my flight was leaving in 2hrs and I can't miss dat. So I put my box in the truck and by the time we got to de Airport, my box was cut open and lucky enough I had most of my money on me, so the few in my box was missing. I don't know what to say to de Arik driver cause we never stopped and when we stopped at the Airport nobody was at the back of the truck. I was confused to be honest..!
U r soooo ignorant, That's all!
We now know!!!! Ah-Ah!
It's a vicious cycle. You steal from others and they steal from you!
Since it's rampant with Arik has anyone petitioned Princess Oduah? Since he claims he has clout he should set the ball rolling.
U r daft, is it ur money? There is no law that limits d amount of cash u can carry so why d efcc talk?
Hahahahahaha...
Arik should change their ways!!! If people keep accusing you for something which you didn't do, then you need to check yourself properly... Not taking sides though, but with several accusation, Arik should check their ways.
And for those who don't know Buruji, dude actually didn't make his money from politics but investing his money in politics by sponsoring candidates and probably getting returns...
Basically, Buruji himself has got mad as in madding money, so him carrying such cash ain't something new, $62k is change to what this guy controls... y'all know the hotel in front of bar beach??? his the owner!
In all, Buruji, be more Vigilant...
Arik... Check yourselves!
Ole gbe, Ole gba!
Who puts a brief case holding $62,000 USD in an overhead compartment?? Not smart. I guess the money didnt mean that much to him, he must have more where it came from.
Idiot! Because its his; he has the right to be in possession of 10billion if it pleases him, that doesn't give anybody the right to steal it especially airline /Arik staff. Keep thinking like this and you'd be trapped in poverty forever.
Not like he has a choice in a society marred with confusion and corruption. Who do you go to, probably the supervisor has some cut in the deal.
$62,000! Na money for lange lover. Be dat O! The thief don blow!
LOL...
u dont publish my comments
Na wa o...... my dads money, my aunt sef put money.. you people sha, as yorubas would say OLE GBE OLE GBA... very soon now you wld say na the pilots come back when una sleep. Use the banks
Look, boarding an Arik flight is almost the same as entering Molue. You have to constantly check your luggage.
A while back, I took a flight from Lagos to Benin. I put my backpack (containing my laptop and other valuables including 2 3kg dumbbells)in the overhead compartment.
When we landed, I waited for the passage to clear since my seat was by the window. When I got up, my backpack was gone!
I ran out of the plane and headed for the arrival lounge, scanning the passengers as I past. The guy was just strolling with my bag on his back and He was about to enter the arrival lounge!
If you see how I grabbed him? He said he thought it was his bag apologised and vanished. I was so glad to have my bag I didn't even bother to make a case of it.
There's no way he thought my bag was his. That backpack weighed no less than 12kg! He was thief.
Later, A friend who worked at Arik told me that Arik management knows that they have a syndicate robbing passengers. They have been doing it for at least 3 years now.
The money was stolen 4rm Nija purse, dat Y it was stolen also... Na so d money go dey enter thieves hand dey go nobody go chop am untill EFCC catch dem all... Mtcheeeeew
Cashless society; no man is allowed to carry such amount of money physically. it is already bad enough that he changed Nigerian currency to dollars- thus devaluing our currency. He should be sued for such misconduct.
whats his proof of having the money on that trip?.....ole gbe, ole gba........thief carry am, thief collect am!....lmao!!
from london to lagos, my coz box didnt arrive . her trad clothes and everything was inside it, she ended up wearing her ashebi from one of her friends and my mums george for her trad.. the box came 3 days later and all was stolen.she filed wen she got back to uk but nothing till now. ndi oshi
stealing of passenger items from their luggage is a common thing with arik air, it has happen to me and my friend before. I am sure some of the senior officials are aware or do get their own share from the stolen items.
I advise arik management to look into this matter.
Wow. I av also experienced this too last xmas period. Boarded arik first flight. When I landed I was shocked to discover that my luggage was shredded with either. Razor blade or. Sumfyn. Only God know wat the IDIAT was searching for. I was actually lucky. Wanted to put a huge some of money in the luggage decided to carry it As a hand luggage. That was how lucky I was. Arik full of rogues and thieves. Since then scared. Prefer Aero. Avnt had Any bad Experience wiv them.
Stealing from a thief is not Bad
Is this not the same guy the island hotel opp bar beach that FBI and the French authority are after for fraud?
Da REAL ROBINHOOD (Kevin Costhner) déalt with him.
No cos for alarm sha cos he probably.........abi no be politIcian he be?
Bryte
i don't work for arik but i have used them severally and have not lost anything where is the proof that he carried such an amount? and also carry on luggage is placed in a compartment right above your head so how possible is it to just go over someone head to collect that amount in full view of the other passengers..think nigerians before commenting
Somethings strike me from this story and various complaints...first - why should a nigerian be moving around with 10million naira cash!!!!! its jst crap...he should be thoroughly investigated..Isn't Nigeria supposed to be going cashless??? what happened to wiring the money, use of ATM's etc??Abi ATM's don't exist in some states ni??? and for the people complaining, why should you carry 2000 dols in ur wallet and forget it?? owo ee ti po niyen naau...OR why shuld ur fone get stolen? u no get pocket and BIG handbag?? Beta just follow these Rules for boarding Arik Flights:
YOUR phones must be in ur pocket or handbag
Your ipad must be in ur hand
You must carry your laptop bag with your laptop...NEVER EVER check it in
if its a domestic flight, you dont need more than N10,000 to get you to the nearest ATM, Bank or home...Make your further withdrawals on your way to wherever
If its an international flight dnt carry more than $500 or 300 pounds in ur wallet safely tucked in ur pocket..that should get you safely home or the closest bank
If you're gonna check in any expensive stuff, wrap it in a white cloth, and dab it with black spots and attach a paper saying 'if u steal this, u will die die in 3days -try it'
Keep ur eyes wide open while the cabin crew peeps r shutting the overhead cabin.
Since we know they're thieves lerrus be armed and ready for dem too...if its pant and toothbrush they wnt to be stealing; lerrus pity them and dash dem....it only means poverty has eaten deep into their bone marrow.....*LINLIN love u mwaaaaah!! post my comment oooo!!!!
Dear people,remember that security is everyone's business. embrace cashless policy.
Bloody dirty bat must u insult-badoo-
Sir,you are welcome to club.Just last year March I was on my way from the UK enroute Turkey and when I landed Muritala airport I and many other passengers noticed that our bags were opened and items missing.This came just after we waited like forever for our luggage to arrive that night.I even have a video of the pandemonium that occurred.Security operatives seemed to be hiding something.I understand there is a ring of thieves at the airport and they also include security operatives.I had a new shirt and a phone stolen from my luggage.The government should look into it.
........Emma
Pls Google him.... and stop asking foolish questions..... when poor ppl talk a times sef...smh
Arik Airline is full of shit with dat their doughnuts dey cald food. Thieves
He may not be doing anything legal abt it Bt am sure he wld use bluetooth to get it back... trust yoyoba pipl.....hehehe
I have ones lost expensive clothes and shoes on Arik flight boarded frm London to lag enroute abj. Since den I stopped flying arik. Same thing also happened to a colleague of mine. I hate Arik fr dat.
I have ones lost expensive clothes and shoes on Arik flight boarded frm London to lag enroute abj. Since den I stopped flying arik. Same thing also happened to a colleague of mine. I hate Arik fr dat.
Lol what he said really made me burst into laughter but all join sha he is a politician so he can recover d person that stole it collect his own part of d share.but all been said stealing is not good.
@ Anonymous 1:10pm> na wa for you ooo...were you tryn 2say $8? U be complete opolosho ooooo...even white boys no dey leave valuables for inside bags way dey pass thru cargo section...abi you think say bloggers for Linda space be local league? Abegiiiiiiii...try to come up with a better lie next time
Well, i am a close friend to Prince Buruji and his family. Prince is a man of INTEGRITY, he will not say what is not. $62k is a small money compare to what he moves around with. i don't know how is happened but one thing i know for sure is that there are lot of thieves in ARIK airline. it has happened to me before. =N= 350k was stolen from my luggage December last year. they are all thieves!!!! however, hes not saying this to get pity from people of get publicity but to inform his fellow Nigerians about what is going on in that airline. A lot of people has been robbed and nobody has come out to say it publicly because nobody whats to be put in the spot.
i respect the man for his courage. we all should learn from this. May God continue to be his strength.
memiee
I hate stealing. hope the thief is caught and punished
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Pls hlp mi tell d fool,he was compensated 4 d loss of his property,hw dos dat translate to being bought. If na u no colect compensation 4 any of ur missin items,as per d fool way u be.
Am tellin u o,Linda dis is ur fault o,wen u wont post peeps comments quickly.Dis guy had 2 send it 6times and see hw his being yabbed 4 it.
really,tell us how it happened.......read the real reasons why officers are ambushed in nassarawa on www.africaintels.com
Reading through some of the comments here, I found some highly educating while others are outrightly childish and ridiculous.
First, some say because the victim was described as a politician then it serves him right. But pray, which public office has he held or failed contract was he awarded?
Others talk about cashless society and all that but the fact is: most of us are pretenders. Tell me which one which one you would prefer if someone were to transact a business with you between cash and cheque?
For anyone who knows Prince Kashamu N10 million in not too much an amount for him to have in his bag. He could see someone in need here and give N500,000; another person there and give N1million, and before you know it the money is gone.
Morever, he had with him his children and other members of the family. All the talks about FBI and the like are all balderdash. If anyone has any score to settle with him, he should go to the appropriate quarters and not hide behind an unfortuante incident such as this that should be randomly condemned and internet to cast aspersion on a hard-working businessman!
Yes, Arik have a syndicate of thieves right from the counter through the checking, to the screening up to flight attendants yet they charge exorbitantly.
If you are flying Arik thief~line, be sure to never let valuables out of your sight, don't even keep them in luggage compartment. You all stand advised.
Last time I checked, carrying $62,000 in cash is Money Laundry which is a criminal offence. Arik can't be held responsible for that.
Nigeria has a long way to go. I travelled frm Dallas to philadephia nd I had some mashed flakes for my son in my luggage, it was a 3hrs flight my luggage was intercepted henc my padlock was broken for the checks to be done @ d end the left a not for me nd all my things were intact . I also forgot some mony at the side pocket 1k dollars , it was checked nd returned just the way I packed it.
Abi o. Chop I chop. You steal national cake, someone else takes it from u. Gbam
I was on an Arik flight to Benin,landed,while waiting to leave d plane a guy discovered his 500,000k was missing,he raised alarm and they decided to start screening all passengers,while waiting on the line to be checked,a small black bag was discovered in the over head locker with the 500,000 naira,the bag had nothing inside except the money....the question was,who does the bag belong to,who has access to the over head locker after passengers have left......Arik has to work on this before all credibility is lost
Very useless airline, poor customer service
Arik ur airline is d most useless v even sn
HYBunny
Yemozee u don craze
Walahi
U got me rolling
Try dab some chicken blood on d white napkin
HYBunny
Wat happened to cashless lagos? Y carry such amt of cash? Next tym na u dem go tiff
We caught s guy while stealing in Arik flight on board last year, flight was from Port to Lagos. The guy dressed well, looked so smart but got caught by hostess when he was moving up and down, stealing from white men's luggages in the air, about 28,000 feet above sea level. I suspect the guys at screening.
i wish this comment box came with pictures and id at least we can easily identify some dumb fools, First and froemost arik air has robbers as staff my flight from new york to lagos on feb 10 2013, everyone's luggage on that flight was tampered with and they stole alot of stuffs from people. 62k dollars is nothing to some people dont think everybody will be pverty stricken like you all, i am pretty sure a whole lot of you havent even boarded an aircraft all your life but because you have the right to comment you write shit.. i conclude arik staffs are thieves its just so sad arik is the only airline that has direct flight to new york.
Arik again? Someone has got to stop this ppl or someday soon,moonkey. Go go mkt and he nogo return. The security thieves scaning d bags are the one robbers,they tell whatever they see to those belgium rats loading bags. I almost lost close to 3m to them,if not that my bag was so strong,I guess they must have used the biggest plier in their possession but my bag zip was just out ofthis world. I didn't knw till I got to my boss's house to deliver the money only to see the harm they did to my box. I flee frm Abj to Benin and I got to knw when I got to Asb.my boss won't have beleived me if those animals had succeded.
ah ah ole gbe ole gba
Stealing happens on all airlines, it is the airlines response that makes the difference. I flew in from U.S two years ago on Delta Airlines, I noticed that my box was broken into & the new IPad I bought for my husband had been stolen, after mourning my fate I just sent an e-mail to Delta, surprisingly they responded after various communications they refunded my money with apologies. I was pleasantly surprised, b/c I thought that the IPad was gone. Since then I promised myself that i will never fly any other Airline to the U.S except Delta.
Arik you have a lot to learn.
The sad thing is dat I knw a banker who is in jail for dis kinda stuff,same story,same airline,only thing he did was dat he didn't declare d amt of $'s he had on him,wen he was jailed his elder brother came to see him and d condition he was in was deplorable,d elde bro died on his way bk frm d jail house.pls arik do somethin
Shhuuu! 'One chance' don dey d deyfor flight?!#ArikWhereIsOga$62000 *floetry*
My ex hubby lost 10,000 dollars on d same arik air early dis year,I also lost about 10 bottles of perfumes including d ones I had used on d same arik to acc some time ago, I can't say what kind of thieves they have in dat airline but dis is serious I can't even fly them I rather take bike to another country than fly arik, like seriously oh
Never fly arik oh they have juju to kn what ur carrying, arik gives ur valuables wings, ha ha ha ha even their pilots are half baked trust me, Linda publish dis oh
Nawa oo .who still boards Dana?
You are the daft person here! Read the previous msg and understand, stop fooling yourself
Oga Buruji, next time rent a private jet...it only costs 8K usd within naija
Sorry about ur loss but why do pple carry so much cash arround in nigeria? Pls don't get me wrong just wonderig nd 2ndly is nigeria trying to phase out the Naira? I think dts a colonial mentality! I also read on one of blogs dt d govt is trying to put a stop to d use of $ for its major transactions eg real estate nd even some comps pay their staffs in dollars in nig?
Hvin said dt Arik air shld do something about its staff.they can be robbin pple whom they owe a duty of care .
Gbaaaaaaaaaa Na the koko be that “move the mover“ can't stop laughing, to be candid with ourselves the thief go hear am from the man o, ayelala to sure its either the guy fat pass yokosuna and die or dry like stockfish and dry.........trust me
Nigeria has no laws to be honest! Usin dollars in nig is sad. I wonder why pple carry so much mony arround!
why does he have that money on a plane?
I laff in gibberish; hahahahhihihihehehehehhohohohohuhuhuhuhu
U sure have a good sense of humour. Lol @ stealing scanning machine
Anon May 10, 2013 at 5:47 PM man of integrity ba wo? Get the fuck off the face of the earth.
Baggage handlers, passengers, airport screeners and touts who must have helped him carry his bags are not Arik staff but had some sort of access to his bags. Why have folks assumed its Arik staff that stole the money? Una too jump to conclusions Kate, time to be more objective.
Secondly why is he moving around with such cash? Yes, there is no law preventing you from carrying such cash, but must it be legislated before seine uses common sense? There are much easier and safer ways to move such large volumes of money. Sorry for his loss sha.
Let Arik ask other airline how they have bn catching thiefs on their local flights, Arik is not just organise and staff are not happy b cos their so called chairman have no respect for his black staff so he shldnt expect them to put in their best to d work.
Arik again, my boss was going to SA, he boarded Arik put 5 thousand dollars in the jacket, business class, and hung his jacket. By the time they landed, the money don wake. No body saw anything. Arrrrikkk plus found staff plus up staff all of una be thief.
I m an ex staff who worked in Arik Air. Two years ago an Arik Air Aircraft cleaner while cleaning the cabin for one of the aircraft positioned at the hanger found a large sum of money and handed it over to the General manager of the security department in Arik Air. We all though that the money will be given back to the owner after he had come to ask for it at the airline. But guess what the General manager left the country with the money and never returned till date. Of course Arik Air Mgt had to lie to him that the money was never found in the first place, case was closed. We all need to be very careful with our valuables when flying Arik air.
TorI don finish -riddle solved!
U ate really stupid oh .. Complacent how? Some idiots here are saying y did he speak out.... If he cries fools like u will talk....consult Ur brain next time please ....
I lost my ipad in same manner with the same Arik from Enugu to Lagos. Am, convinced now that there are thieves in Arik .
Anonymous 1:46pm pls stop talking through your anus..... Ur brain is near by use it.....
Shut your ignorant stupid foolish mouth..... When ple that travel talk don't make noise, idiot.....so you think all of us that have commented here about aril are fools abi ? Thunder fire that your mouth....some of us work hard for pie money and yes Arik has a lot of staff who are thieves so shut up bloody mouth..... Kneel down and say hallelujah now cos if u were neare now I would have given you a hot slap....
All you fools here saying we are lying they stole our things on Arik may you loose all your possessions when ever u fly Arik in Jesus name.......then u can come back here to vomit rubbish.....
U making mad sense!
You people who have been victims are all part of the problem. It takes one person to sue them and I swear they will take notice. Now this rich man should start by suing them if he's serious.
THIS HAPPENED TO ME LAST YEAR, YOU COULD READ THE STORY HERE http://tatafonaija.blogspot.com/2012/08/true-life-story-watch-your-bags-when.html
What in d world is he doing with that kind of amount in d 1st place,hotelier or not?is he from the stone age? or the banks refused to let him deposit it? Rubbish! If its true the smooth criminal for thief am join.
D money is more than 9million,y travel with such amount?
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