How a woman expertly stole a couple's passports as they waited for their flight at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja

A couple were unable to travel out of Nigeria for their medical emergency after a woman stole their passport in Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

The couple were at the airport on Friday, June 29th, waiting to get checked into a British Airways flight en route to the USA through London Heathrow. While waiting, they left their seat for a while, forgetting their passports and boarding passes on the seat. And a woman quickly grabbed it before they could return.

CCTV footage shows the female passenger, who was travelling with a man, taking the passports as though she wanted to return them to the owners, but she never did.

Below are screenshots from the CCTV footage showing how the passports were stolen and a brief account of what transpired. 

MISSING INTERNATIONAL PASSPORTS AND A MEDICAL EMERGENCY!!!!!

Three days ago (June 29, 2018), our family friends (husband and wife) got checked into British Airways, enroute to USA through London Heathrow for the husband's medical check up and were at the boarding gate at 7:30am waiting to board the aircraft at the departure lounge of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja when their passports disappeared 'mysteriously'.

Thankfully, CCTV footage revealed that a female passenger who was traveling with a man suspected to be her husband took them ?. Reasons for this are still unclear. What is clear however, is that the woman picked up 3 passports which had 2 boarding passes in them, looked at them, confirmed they weren't hers, but took them anyway. Abuja Airport security and BA staff notified UK security immediately, and announcements were made on board. The case has been formally reported to the Abuja International Airport DPO. 

As we speak, July 2, 2018, both husband and wife have been deprived of their medical leave by this act of .......??? For now, all that is needed is for the lady to be identified. Hopefully, she took them with the intention of returning them. Or what use is a person's passport to another? Beats me!

Wonders shall indeed never end. Please let's be extra careful at Airports and other public places. Please feel free to share this post. If you know something that might help, please share. Thanks and God bless you.