Human rights activist, Femi Falana, SAN, has revealed the reason the Federal Government pardoned the Ibom Air passenger, Comfort Emmanson.
Falana, who made this revelation in a statement on
Wednesday, said the government withdrew the case against the female passenger
because of its refusal to charge Fuji Star, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, a.k.a KWAM 1,
with appropriate criminal offences.
He alleged that the government has lost the moral right to
prosecute any unruly passenger who commits an offence at any of the nation’s
airports.
The Senior Advocate also frowned at the way the government
is handling the case against KWAM 1, over his recent conduct at the Nnamdi
Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
He lamented that the government hastily accepted KWAM 1’s
apology and granted him pardon without allowing the police to conclude its
investigation.
“Since citizens have equal rights, obligations, and
opportunities before the law, the Federal Government will henceforth be accused
of subjecting any unruly passenger to discriminatory treatment on the ground
that KWAM 1 was ‘pardoned’ without any criminal trial whatsoever,” he said.
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