Senator Adams Oshiomhole (Edo North) has opened up on what transpired at the boarding gate of Air Peace in Lagos when he arrived to take his flight in the morning.
Oshiomhole said that he did not disrupt Air Peace flight operations as alleged by the airline in a statement but decided to fight for Nigerians who were allegedly being ‘extorted’ by the airline through sudden change in time for closing the check-in counter.
According to him, after deliberately categorising himself and other passengers as late for boarding, the airline staff were allegedly collecting higher amount of money from some passengers who they smuggle into the aircraft after making everyone believe that boarding time had elapsed.
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He said for a flight ticket of N149,600 those categorised as late were being surcharged an additional sum of N109,900 to be moved to the next flight scheduled for 8.30am, he said this was unacceptable.
He said he refused to be ‘sorted’ by an Air Peace manager who came to meet him at the counter and allowed to board through the backdoor just because he is a Senator.