A video circulating online shows a young boy who was desperate to travel abroad managed to hide inside the engine of an aeroplane but the police caught him.

shows him descending from the aeroplane’s wings with a backpack containing his belongings. It is unclear which airport the incident occurred but a video shared on Instagram by Tunde Ednut shows police officers instructing the boy to come out from the flight’s engine.

With a lot of hesitation, he descended into the waiting arms of the security operatives. He was fortunate to have been found out early enough before the airplane’s engine was ignited because he was hiding where the propeller is.

The caption read: He was caught in there trying to escape from Africa. Apparently, he’s tired and wants to travel abroad, so he sneaked into the airport and hid in there. That place he hid in is actually dangerous, that’s where the fan or na propeller is Oo! abi no be so? I hope he wasn’t arrested sha. People are really going through a lot. I hope he’s okay wherever he is. You will travel abroad some day, but not like this. You have to go through the right process. It is well.