Air Peace to visit Emir of Kano to address misunderstanding of missed flight
The Managing Director, Air Peace, Mr. Allen Onyema has described the Emir of Kano as a peace loving monarch and a father to all.Onyema in an interview with journalists in Lagos said, the misunderstanding regarding the delay and missed flights by the Emir and his entourage was unfortunate.
He disclosed that, he would be visiting the Emir and the Emirate soon to address the musunderstanding.
“The Emir of Kano I know is a peace loving man. I have always known him as a prince when the late father was still alive”.
He warned the public especially the social media handlers to desist from hyping the matter and heating up the polity, stressing that, peace and unity of Nigeria is of priority to the airline.
“I don’t want to be used to heat up the polity”.
Adding that, “I don’t want Air Peace to be a source of rancour in the country. Air Peace has always been known as an airline that was borne out of peace”.
He recalled his visits to the palace of the Emir and the emirate many years back, “I have paid homage to the father several times. He may not remember me, but when I bring pictures of me and his father and him also, he will realise that I have been paying homage to his father”.
“We are going to meet any day. He’s not a troublesome person and I am sure he will like to meet with me and I will also like to meet with him, too”.
According to Onyema, “There is nothing at stake, we are all one Nigeria. We don’t want people to capitalise on this to start fanning embers of disunity in the country. People should play it down; the media should play it down”.
It will recalled, that a three-day ultimatum was issued to Air Peace by Is a Bayero, cousin to the emir to apologise for allegedly “disrespecting” the monarch.
He also petitioned the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), to take action against the airline for allegedly disrespecting the emir and the people of Kano.
In the petition, he alleged the airline refused his request to delay the Lagos-Kano scheduled flight after they were delayed in Banjul, Gambia, to Lagos.
