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FG engages airline over ill-treatment of Nigerian passengers
By Francesca Hangeior.
The federal government has engaged Royal Air Maroc following claims that some Nigerian passengers were ill-treated when the Abuja-bound aircraft from Casablanca had technical issues, which resulted in an emergency landing in Marrakesh.
The passengers, the majority of whom were Nigerians, were reportedly left without care at the terminal and without food and decent shelter. Women and children were also left sleeping on the floor.
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, in a post on his official X account @fkeyamo on Friday, September 13, directed the Consumer Protection Department of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to immediately engage the airline.
He also called on the airline to remedy the situation.
He said preliminary investigations, including the reports from NCAA Consumer Protection Officers (CPOs), RAM Country Manager, Station Manager, and Duty Manager indicate that there was an air return to Marrakesh due to a technical problem.
Other findings, according to Achimugu, said: “Nigerians need to have a visa to be allowed accommodation inside Morocco, passengers were given refreshments – wraps, water, and coffee.
“Abuja outbound passengers are presently stranded as they also await the arrival of the RAM flight from Morocco. The passengers stranded in Abuja have been taken to the hotel to rest and freshen up and a new check-in time has been announced to Abuja outbound passengers.”
He added that a new aircraft has landed in Marrakesh to airlift Abuja-bound passengers, and the estimated time of arrival in Abuja is 1715hrs local time.
While awaiting the arrival of the passengers, Achimugu assured that the NCAA will ensure that the rights of Nigerian passengers are respected and a compliance report will determine if the regulations have been flouted.
Famous American actor, Denzel Washington has revealed he has Nigerian ancestry.
The ‘Gladiator II’ actor disclosed that his heritage test shows that he is 90 per cent Irish and 10 per cent Nigerian.
Washington spoke in a recent interview with British-Nigerian media personality, Ada Enechi.
“I am 10 per cent Nigerian and 90 per cent Irish,” he stated.
Meanwhile, Denzel Washington has hinted at retirement.
The 69-year-old thespian disclosed during a press tour of his latest movie ‘Gladiator II’ in Australia that ‘Black Panther 3’ is one of his last films before retirement.
He said he would be retiring after shooting ‘Black Panther 3’, ‘Othello 2’ and ‘King Lear.’
About 20 suspected criminals arrested for various crimes across Osun State, including three suspected highway armed robbers, were on Friday paraded by the state police command.
Presenting the suspects to journalists, the spokesperson for the police, Yemisi Opalola, said the armed robbery suspects, Olajide Kareem (28), Mike Emmanuel (33), and Godwin Emmanuel (23) were arrested along Osu/Ilesa road.
Opalola said the suspects, during their operations robbed many people of their jewelries, phones cash, and other valuables.
She added that during one of the robbery incidents, a bus driver was shot in the leg, while a female passenger was raped by one of the suspects.
Also paraded was Emmanuel Anthony, accused of using military uniforms to rob passengers along Ekiti road, where he forced a victim from Esa Oke, to transfer a sum of N3m to his account.
Anthony was also accused of robbing other people of their mobile phones valued at N1.25m.
Seven other suspects arrested for conspiracy, armed robbery and receipt of stolen vehicles, were also paraded.
Four northern states of Gombe, Bauchi, Benue and Plateau have been thrown into darkness, due to a fault on the 330kV double circuit transmission lines of Ugwuji-Makurdi-Jos.
The states are among the franchise area of Jos Electricity Distribution Company.
According to the Head of Corporate Communications, JEDC, Friday Elijah, the tripping of the lines occurred in the afternoon on Friday, resulting in the loss of power supply on all the 33KV feeders.”
He disclosed that the Transmission Company of Nigeria engineers were working to rectify the fault.
“We hope to restore normal power supply to our esteemed customers as soon as the fault is rectified and power supply is restored back to normalcy,” said Elijah.
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