okay

I really pity the young boy on the shameful and criminal treatment meted to him by the egyptians air ticketing officials, crew members and largely their government representatives for not showing remorse at all like them ancestor pharaoh who was unperturbed by the cries of the hebrews. THE EGYPTIANS WE SEE TODAY, YOU SHALL SEE THEM NO MORE

I've flown with Egypt Air before and was treated well but I won't accept any accept the action of tearing the passport of a fellow Nigerian. That is totally wrong. That Egyptian should be arrested no matter the country he is in.

When you read the young man's experience which happened since 18th of last month, you will see that FG is just reactive. Where was Nigeria government when the poor boy was undergoing the near dead experience?

When foreigners don't get a dam* about nigerian citizens and their passport, it is because our own government don't get a dam* about us

http://www.kemifilani.com/2014/09/how-egypt-air-wrongly-flew-nigerian.html?m=1.

inasmuch as sorry i mean notwithstanding the emm, nna men sha all i knw is nevertheless i don comment, kpakam.
all these rubbish words dont even knw who coined them.

The best revenge is to confiscate the ambassador's passport, call a press conference and burn the passport for the world to see and ask the ambassador how he feels. But then, we are civilised. Egypt must pay for this maltreatment.

Unibenstudent: nigeria is a stagnant country ,everything is a lie,propaganda is everything nigeria leaders knows

why can't u be serious for once...
the only stagnant about Nigeria is your brain

Good move.

One Nigerian is equivalent to 100 Egyptians.


They must surely pay for the damages. To hell with their relationship.

vanndubi: When you read the young man's experience which happened since 18th of last month, you will see that FG is just reactive. Where was Nigeria government when the poor boy was undergoing the near dead experience?

When foreigners don't get a dam* about nigerian citizens and their passport, it is because our own government don't get a dam* about us

http://www.kemifilani.com/2014/09/how-egypt-air-wrongly-flew-nigerian.html?m=1.

Federal gov't cannot be everywhere all the time...if the gov't don't give a dam, the minister will not take the issue up

ok, we knw the type of govt we have

compensation in terms of money right ?

And i guess that boy wouldn't even smell the cash

Blackchampion: I like d way Onwuliri presented d mata wit boldness on every line of ha speech. And BTW y re dis guys complaining of how serious our media houses tuk dis, re we suppose to be dumb over it?

those brown skin nigroid arab wana be are one of the most uncivilized people on earth, I wonder why we need to have a bilateral agreement with those animals

Even Egypt -,-) we don finish be dat

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Unibenstudent: to kiss?

kilode?

Youngzedd: Good move.

One Nigerian is equivalent to 100 Egyptians.


They must surely pay for the damages. To hell with their relationship.

you sha dey vex.

abdulwastecx:

why can't u be serious for once...
the only stagnant about Nigeria is your brain

so nigeria is moving fine in ur non stagnant medulla,,ur head elephant sit on top am

etunoman76: Nigeria summoned the Egyptian ambassador Thursday to protest the maltreatment of a 17-year-old Nigerian by Egypt’s national carrier, Egypt Air.

The foreign ministry summoned the Egyptian ambassador, Ashraf Salama, to formally lodge a protest over the treatment meted out to Joshua Abdul-Azeez, and demanded an unreserved apology from the Egyptian Government.

The Minister of State 1, Foreign Affairs, Viola Onwuliri, accused Egypt Air of “child-abuse” for starving the young Nigerian of food for three days, after wrongly routing his air ticket.

She said it was unacceptable that Egypt Air had failed to respond to repeated enquiries from the Nigeria Embassy in Cairo on what led to the treatment of the Nigerian.

The Nigerian authorities had sought explanation from the airline on reports that the Nigerian passport of the 17-year-old Nigerian was torn to shreds by a staff of Egypt Air in Istanbul, Turkey.

Ms. Onwuliri expressed dismay that the Egyptian ambassador’s initial reaction to the issue was to question the authenticity of local media reportage on the Nigerian who was treated like “a common criminal’’ by Egypt Air.

“Egypt and Nigeria are friendly countries and they have built this friendship over the years, but I don’t think we should allow things like this to happen,” she said.

“You (the ambassador) are worried about four pages of newspaper report on the issue, but I am surprised that you are not worried that a Nigerian passport was torn by an official of Egypt Air.

“I am surprised that you are not worried that a young boy, a Nigerian citizen, was left without food and water by an airline operated by your government.

“I am really surprised at you Mr. Ambassador,’’ she said.

The minister told the ambassador that the Nigerian government would not hesitate to demand compensation for the citizen when it concludes investigation on the matter.

“One Nigerian citizen is important to us and part of our multi-track diplomacy is that every Nigeria everywhere must be fully accounted for.

“The young boy in questions was going back to school in Ukraine and he complained here that he was issued the wrong ticket.

“Did you (Egypt Air) employ people who cannot read tickets and issue correct codes even after complaints,’’ she said.

The minister therefore demanded a formal explanation from the Egyptian government, which had 100 per cent control of Egypt Air.

In his defence, the Egyptian ambassador earlier blamed the Nigerian media for escalating a “small incident’’ involving a Nigerian passenger and Egypt Air.

Mr. Salama said that a Nigerian newspaper devoted four-pages to the issue.

He said the embassy had contacted Egypt Air and his home government on the incident but had yet to receive a formal report.

“We have respect for our Nigerian brothers and if this incident really happened, we will see who is responsible and punish accordingly.

“But we must taste and verify the credibility of the news report on the issue before we make a judgment,’’ he said.

Mr. Salama called for restraint from the Nigerian authorities on the issue, saying “I do not think this incident should escalate so much to affect our good relations built over the years.

“We have been supporting and standing by each other and I think we should continue that way,’’ he said.

He told the foreign minister that so many Nigerians travel to Egypt every day, adding “we have 16 flights daily and seven daily flights from Cairo to Abuja.’’



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All this talk. Suspend the airline from operations in our territory pending further investigations. With issues like this, Nigeria needs to make a bold statement.

If this goes under the carpet, I cannot imagine the effects it would have on other Nigerians who may fall into same situation in future.

Mr. President!!!!!!!!!!! This is one of the times we need you. That boy could have been our James Foley!

Lord have mercy
X 3, have mercy on us.

Unibenstudent: so nigeria is moving fine in ur non stagnant medulla,,ur head elephant sit on top am

Nigeria biggest problem are Nigerians. ..irrespective of your education level, you lack the necessary knowledge to build amd sustained a developed and dynamic society.

Thesame guy here will break traffic law.
break town planning law
cheat to get certificates
unpatriotic
vote based on sentiment during election.

HKCOMPANY: This is one thing I like about good luck tenure, every sector is working ,this people should pay huge damage s to family of the guy and with huge file to fg nonsense

Oga dont start pls

Egyptair should be suspended for sometime after paying compensation with a full fledge apology to Nigeria and the student...

femmy2010: I am happy that the Nigerian Government is stamping their feet down on this and greatly happy too that the media is making a mince of the Egyptians.
Nigerians has to be treated fairly and each individual solely on his merits and woes alike.
Good one by the Nigerian Government.

Dont worry, ''THE EGYPTIANS YOU ARE SEEING TODAY YOU SHALL SEE THEM NO MORE'' ...... JUSTICE MUST TAKE IT RIGHTFUL STAND.......

let d egyptians govt fish out d slowpoke dat tore our passport and dose behind this inhumanity or dey should pack the plane and leave our territory.
it's high time Nigeria govt makes an example of dem.

abdulwastecx:

Federal gov't cannot be everywhere all the time...if the gov't don't give a dam, the minister will not take the issue up

Minister taking it up after 1 full month (I no laugh). If they can't be everywhere, let them close those embassies and save the "diesel money" they give them.

Can you imagine your 17 year old son being treated like a criminal in faraway Russia and you can't get Nigerian embassy there to help. It was the boy's school that helped.

Joshua's case wouldn't have been known if not for the media. We'll see how it goes, to know if FG now gives a dam*

This is talk,the Nigeria Government should suspend Egypt air till they produce that passport since they are trying to claim it never happened and and Nigerian ambassadors should take the que from this Egyptian ambassador,see how his defending his countries interest,if it was a Nigerian ambassador you would have seen him defending Egypt instead of Nigeria

Ours is a government that does more barking than biting--FIFA, NMA, etc. If not, what'll give the Egyptians the audacity to treat this issue with such disgusting levity. First it was the Egypt Air boss here in Naija, and now their ambassador. Suspend the airline for a while, take them to court, penalize them... and the next time they see a Nigerian, they'll bow like the Koreans do when they greet.

etunoman76: Joshua Abdul-Azeez,

Dafuq?

etunoman76: In his defence, the Egyptian ambassador earlier blamed the Nigerian media for escalating a “small incident’’ involving a Nigerian passenger and Egypt Air.

Mr. Salama said that a Nigerian newspaper devoted four-pages to the issue

This guy got some nerve to be saying this BS!

Our government (politicians) lacks the basis understanding of humanity(love), they treat Nigerians as garbage because they don't have our interest at heart, why won't foreigners treat us like abandon pigs?

Reading through the extract on the internet, ℓ̊ felt for the young man, our government have neglect us and is only God that can redeem us and He had redeem us.

If our education system was working, that boy would have been in his country studying.

A very nice and bold move!

Cairo has got to fully explain what transpired and why such inhumane treatment should be meted on a teeenager by Egypt Air!

#SuspendEgyptAir till investigations are concluded. If they treat one of us as trash then we're all trash to them. Silly egyptians causing their country trouble.

That boy don sha hammer

ad84ada: you sha dey vex.

Those sons and daughters of pharaoh don't want to respect their big brother and also the giant of Africa.

Later they will be asking why their citizens have smallpenis