The Federal Government has explained the reason why Comfort Emmanson, a female passenger who allegedly assaulted Ibom Air crew members, was remanded while Fuji music legend Wasiu Ayinde, a.k.a Kwam 1, who reportedly disrupted a ValueJet flight in Abuja last week, faced no such court action.
Recall that the Ibom Air incident, which
occurred on the Uyo–Lagos route on Sunday, has triggered public outrage and
accusations of selective justice.
However, speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief
on Tuesday, Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the Nigeria
Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, Mike Achimugu, said the two incidents were
different.
“There is no comparison here; it’s not a case of oranges and
oranges. In the Kwam1 incident, the airline did not activate its rights to take
the passenger to court, so the NCAA did what it was supposed to do by
petitioning the authorities to petition the passenger.
“In the Ibom Air incident, maybe because their staff had
been assaulted, the airline immediately activated its right to take up the
matter, and it went to court,” he said.
According to him, the NCAA was not directly involved in
Emmanson’s case, whereas in Kwam 1’s situation, the Authority issued an
advisory to the Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, to ban the musician from
flights.
He revealed that contrary to earlier reports, Kwam 1 was not
placed on a six-month ban but on an indefinite ban pending the outcome of
investigations.
Achimugu, while explaining why Emmanson was placed on a
no-fly life ban, said airline operators have the legal authority to take such
action.
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