The Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Sunday experienced vibrations, which left many passengers terrified.
The vibrations were said to have occurred at about 3am and people present at the airport at the time attributed the incident to tremors.
The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, however, said the vibrations were not in any way a structural issue or an earthquake but the result of unlatched doors where the coolers, which had just been put into use, were housed.
The minister, who came in from Abuja on Sunday evening, said the rumour that the vibrations had affected the structural integrity of the airport was untrue and misleading.
Sirika was quoted in a statement issued by the Acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, as saying that the doors were not well-latched and the vibrations were directly under the counter of Royal Air Maroc, which led to the assumption that something had gone wrong.
He said airport officials were alerted and the door was latched after it was discovered.
The minister said that the engineering department was also working on the chillers to make passengers more comfortable.
