A former Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Roland Iyayi, says the aircraft recently unveiled as Nigeria Air’s belongs to Ethiopian Airlines in this interview with FUNMI FABUNMI.
He also criticises the Federal Government for launching the national carrier despite a court’s stay order
The former minister of aviation last Friday welcomed an aircraft purportedly one of many in the Nigeria Air fleet, despite a stay order by the court. What is your take on this? This is nothing short of a monumental fraud by the minister. The aircraft that was flown in today has a registration is ET-APL and it is a Boeing 737 8 Max belonging to Ethiopian Airlines. This particular aircraft was operated by Malawian Airlines, one of ET’s other subsidiaries, but it failed. The point here is, this aircraft is not Nigerian. So, it cannot be said to be an aircraft acquired for the purpose of Nigeria Air.
I see this as a monumental fraud by the minister.
I believe this is in contempt of a court order and indeed the outgoing honorable minister of aviation must be fully sanctioned and he must be brought before the court and the full weight of the law be put to bear on him because we cannot continue to have a country that is lawless.
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