• Emirate gives airline 72 hours to apologise to monarch

The row between the Emir of Kano and Air Peace deepened yesterday with Isa Bayero, cousin of Aminu Ado Bayero, Emir of Kano, giving the airline a 72-hour ultimatum to offer an apology for allegedly ‘disrespecting’ the monarch and causing a delay to his flight.

Bayero had written a letter of complaint to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), seeking punitive actions against Air Peace Airline for what he tagged “disrespect to the emir and the people of Kano State.”

But Air Peace reacted, saying that it did not disrespect the Emir of Kano as alleged in the petition.

The airline’s Chief Operating Officer, Toyin Olajide, argued that Air Peace holds the Emir of Kano in the highest regards and contrary to the insinuation that the emir was disrespected, the airline indeed protected the image of the traditional ruler “by not succumbing to what Isa Bayero wanted us to do.”

In a latest development, Bayero, who is the chief protocol officer for the Emir, said: “I am giving an ultimatum of 72 hours for Air Peace to tender an apology to the emir, first in a national daily and secondly to come down in person to the emir. We would not hesitate to go extra miles to correct the ‘misnormal’.

“The action of Air Peace is sentimental and unprofessional and we can go any length to defend and protect any act of insensitivity against our prestigious traditional institution.

“That insult is not heaped on the emir alone but on the good people of Kano and folding our hands on this could trigger something worse and more ridiculous.

“I wrote to the DG NCAA, to complain but if someone claimed my statement is inciting, well, they are entitled to their opinion. But come to think of it, inciting who? Kano people not to fly Air Peace anymore because the airline insulted their emir and refused to apologise? That I have no regret if anybody claimed or interprets my complaint that way.

“After all, Air Peace has been in business before coming to Kano and Kano people have been flying across the world without Air Peace. So if that is what he wanted, so be it, we will get there.

“I am a professional pilot. I have flown five heads of state besides being a prince of Kano, and I am a personal friend to the Chairman of Air Peace, Mr Onyema.”

iyapont:
Air peace must not apologise, what a nonsense statement, I will be disappointed if air peace succumb to this rubbush

SpatialKing:


On a daily, Dangote and BUA trucks are cause of some of the deadly accidents that has caused many Kano indegenes lives along Kano.

Either Bua nor Dangote have come out publicly to Apologies for that.

Emergingnation3:
If E painam well, make him go buy his own private jet.... [b]Igbo's bow for no one, accept for thier CHI...[/b]

They bow to their Northern masters every day.

Almaigaa:


I guarantee you this. Air Peace is actually owned by a Northerner, just like Glo and other multi billion naira companies in this Country.. Onyeama is just camouflaged by acting as the owner. And you claimed Igbo's don't bow to no one. You are wrong. They bow to their Northern masters every day.

PrinceOfLagos:
Airpeace must not apologies to that man

What nonsense is this

oilmane:



Please what's the name of the northerner who owns Air Peace and Glo?

flokii:
Air peace should tender apology and let the matter rest.. his (Emir) next flight with Air peace within Nigeria can be free of charge or at discount. Business na sense else Air peace might lose customers or face hostilities with air operations.

KosiGee:


I am lost here. Please what’s the apology for? How did the airline delay or offend the monarch.

Sorry I haven’t been following this development and couldn’t find the answers when I googled.

What’s the cause of the whole issue?

flokii:
Air peace should tender apology and let the matter rest.. his (Emir) next flight with Air peace within Nigeria can be free of charge or at discount. Business na sense else Air peace might lose customers or face hostilities with air operations.

Skyview01:


Customer is always right.! They should apologize and move on