THE FALLACY OF A NON EXISTENT FORTEADAMS LUXURY AIRLINE.

In the last couple of days, we have been inundated with reports of a story trending on social media networks titled “NEW AIRLINE LAUNCHED IN CAPE VERDE BY A NIGERIAN GOVERNOR”

Our initial response was to ignore the story knowing it to be a false narrative that was first circulated sometime in January 2016, when Comrade Adams Oshiomhole was still governor of Edo State. However, it has become imperative to make these clarifications, because the worthless "bad belle" originators of this malicious story have been emboldened by our silence to further develop their falsehood, reintroduce it into the public space and broadcast it, to a point where some people of worth are concerned that there is tendency for a segment of the public to be taken in by this deliberately orchestrated act of falsehood, mischief and blackmail.

It is on the basis of these expressed concerns that we make the following clarifications.

1) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole does not own a luxury airline; neither does he hold any investments in an airline here in Nigeria, Cape Verde or anywhere else in the world.

2) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole does not own nor have stakes in any business concern named ForteAdams, here in Nigeria or anywhere else in the world.

3) Our investigations have revealed that there are only two airlines currently registered and operating from Cape Verde. They are Cabo Verde Express with callsign KABEX and TACV with callsign CABOVERDE. Available records also show that there is only one listed defunct airline from Cape Verde named Halcyonair with callsign CREOLE. So there is no airline named ForteAdams operating or defunct in Cape Verde. Anyone interested in verifying these claims should Google “Airlines in Cape Verde” and the results will be displayed.

4) Beyond the malicious coinage for the purpose of perpetuating this falsehood, there is no evidence to show that the name ForteAdams exists anywhere in the world as a brand name or a registered business name. The airline business today is an online business. No airline can exist without an online booking site, so if ForteAdams airline has no online booking site, and no web page, how does it do business?

5) ForteAdams Luxury Airlines exists only in the treacherous imagination of those who initiated the false story, and therefore has nothing to do with Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Not long ago, these same persons circulated images of a sprawling estate which they claimed was Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s country home in Iyamoh, Edo State. A Google search later revealed that the property was actually located in Los Angeles USA and belonged to famous rapper Dr. Dre.

6) Is it not ironic that the same people who just recently were spreading false rumors that Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s wife, Iara had filed for divorce are the same people concocting rumors that he launched an airline worth $920million to honor this same wife in Cape Verde? One is constrained to ask how much in US dollars the total 8 years budget of Edo State was, that Comrade Adams Oshiomhole will execute the projects which are generally acknowledged, then still magically from somewhere raise almost a billion dollars to launch an airline.

7) In their desperation to justify their falsehood, these con artists downloaded from the internet the image of an aircraft belonging to Surya Airlines of Nepal and Photoshop it with the inscription “ForteAdams Luxury Flights” but like all criminals that get caught in their act, they forgot to change the logo of Surya Airlines on the tail of the aircraft. Once again we call on anyone interested in verifying this claim to simply Google search Surya Airline, compare the image of their aircraft with the image of the aircraft that was purported to belong to ForteAdams Luxury Flight.

It has become obvious that there are people, mostly once powerful PDP godfathers from Edo State humiliated into retirement by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and a few disgruntled elements within APC, that are spending money to sponsor media attacks and spread false rumors against Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Their grouse is that even after leaving office as governor of Edo State, his profile has continued to rise. They are particularly angered that the Oba of Benin Ewuare II and President Muhammadu Buhari have come out openly to acknowledge the tremendous infrastructural development that Edo State witnessed under the stewardship of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. The latest upsurge in these attacks is not unconnected with Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s recent private audience with Mr. President in Aso Rock Presidential Villa. They are nervous that in spite of their evil wishes, Comrade Oshiomhole still enjoys a harmonious and affable relationship with the President.

9) Finally we call on the general public to be wary of the online activities of these paid “cyber assassins” who use the anonymity of the internet to spread falsehoods with an intent to impugn the integrity of our leaders, hoping to achieve their diabolic political objectives.

All people of goodwill, especially Edo people who are living witnesses of Comrade Oshiomhole’s legacy of service should join hands to further frustrate their ill machinations by exposing these falsehoods. We therefore implore everyone reading this statement to please spread it by sharing on all sites, forums and social media platforms where fake rumors on Comrade Adams Oshiomhole have previously appeared. On his part, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is resolute that he will not be deterred by these enemies of progress, but will continue to stand up against entrenched oppressors and use every position he finds himself to deploy resources for the benefits of the Nigerian common man.



Signed

Victor Oshioke
Personal Assistant
Office of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole
Abuja Nigeria, February 11, 2018.