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Air Peace Gives N500k Refund After Cancelling Travel Agent’s N1.5m Flight
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Chimezie Uzoukwu, a travel agent, has accused Air Peace of trying to rip him off by withholding two-thirds of the money he paid for a flight that the airline cancelled.
Uzoukwu told FIJ that he had repeatedly requested a refund through Wakanow, the agency he used to book the flight, but Air Peace did not respond until Thursday when they offered to refund only N500,000.
The travel agent said he booked a Lagos–Johannesburg ticket worth N1,557,836 on January 11 for a client through Wakanow. However, his client was unable to use the ticket because the airline cancelled the flight a few days before departure.
He said the cancellation left his client stranded in Lagos, where they had travelled to catch an international flight. To salvage the situation, Uzoukwu booked another flight with his money while simultaneously processing a refund with Air Peace.
Uzoukwu said Wakanow informed him that the airline would ascertain the refund value within a few days and that the refund process itself would take another four weeks. However, after four weeks, Air Peace still had not refunded him.
“I kept sending messages. I called, but there was no response. When I contacted Wakanow, they said Air Peace had yet to ascertain the refund value and, therefore, had not refunded them on my behalf,” Uzoukwu told FIJ.
The travel agent said that on March 6, nearly two months after the cancellation, Wakanow informed him that Air Peace had decided to refund only N500,000.
“I didn’t agree to that. They want to rip me off by keeping two-thirds of my original payment. I told Air Peace the last time I spoke to them over the phone that I would go public if they didn’t refund me. They said I should wait until next week for them to rectify it. This is the third time Air Peace has done this to me,” Uzoukwu explained.
“The way Air Peace handled the issue caused additional hardship for my client. After the cancellation, they offered to reroute him through RwandAir, but the plan failed because RwandAir has a policy of not flying passengers who do not have a return ticket with them. Air Peace was aware of this policy yet still offered the reroute.”
Feelers from Rivers State indicate that Governor Siminalayi Fubara is contemplating to resign or face impeachment process.
Sources close to the embattled Governor say he is consulting his political allies on the next to honourably resign or fight till end.
Another source said that Sim told his confidants that he would rather resign than appear before the Amaewhule led Assembly nor wait to be impeached.
The crisis entrepreneurs told him to hand on, and courageously fight to the end. That self-seeking advice is reminiscent of what Macbeth did when all the forces were against him: Macduff and his forces advancing against him. Macbeth helplessly yelped:
In the circumstance, the honourable option now for Governor Fubara is RESIGNATION! That would make him a hero of a sort.
However, the public is watching how the event would unfold, as we are in an interesting time.
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has called Rivers State governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, to resign from office within 48 hours or be impeached by the State House of Assembly.
Chairman of APC in the state, Chief Tony Okocha, made the call on Monday morning while briefing journalists at his private residence in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Okocha accused Fubara of insulting President Bola Tinubu, when he attempted to proffer a political solution to the crisis in the state.
He said: “As a political party, we are today advising the governor; there are two options, resign honourably or be impeached. That is the position of the All Progressives Congress. He has disrespected Mr. President and we told him that we cannot be here and have him to disrespect Mr. President.
“The offences are there; the Supreme Court has agreed and even provided us with more evidences. The House of Assembly does not need to set up any committee again to investigate him.
“48 hours is too much to give him as ultimatum. He should just resign honourably.”
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
Founder of Anap Foundation, Atedo Peterside, says the suspension of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, by the Senate is an insult to her constituents.
In a post on X on Sunday, the founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc described the suspension of the female lawmaker as disturbing.
“The most disturbing aspect of the Nigerian Senate hullabaloo around Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is that the Senate Leadership must be aware that her suspension for six months is ultra vires and also disrespectful to her constituents in Kogi State, but they don’t care,” Peterside stated, pledging that he stands with the female lawmaker amid her ordeal.
The most disturbing aspect of the Nigerian Senate hullabaloo around @NatashaAkpoti is that the Senate Leadership must be aware that her suspension for 6 months is ultra vires and also disrespectful to her constituents in Kogi State, but they don’t care
#IStandWithSenatorNatash
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