Face of a thief: this Uniport student was caught stealing inside a plane

A passenger, Mr Ovuironye Mathew Dennis (pictured above), was yesterday caught stealing about N263,000 from the luggage of a fellow passenger, Novothy Anton on board  an Abuja-bound Aero Contractors flight.

Ovuironye, 31, was spotted by a female attendant when he removed the Austrian’s bag from the luggage cabin under the pretence of changing his seat.
After removing the bag, he returned to his own seat 23c and removed N150,000 and 500 euro (about 113,000) from it.
The Nation reporter, who was onboard the flight, reports that a wrap of marijuana was also found on Ovuironye.
His temporary driver’s licence states that he hails from Delta State and gave his height as 1.65m.
Before he could return the bag to the luggage cabin, the attendant asked him to remain seated.
“While trying to return the bag, I asked him to sit down. But he became uncomfortable before the plane landed and the white man raised the alarm that he couldn’t find his bag,” the attendant said.
She asked the Austrian to see his bag with Ovuironye, who claimed that he thought it was his.
But when Novotny discovered that cash was missing, other passengers descended on Ovuironye. Many also took his photograph with their phones.
The cash was found on him with a wrap of marijuana when he was searched.
In an interview with The Nation in the presence of other passengers, Ovuironye said he stole the money to take care of his mother’s health. He said he came to meet his elder brother who is a business man in Abuja.
Ovuironye said he is a Business Administration student at the University of Port Harcourt.
He was handed over to security operatives at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, when the plane landed.

Culled from The Nation