Egypt Air Reacts to Joshua Abdul-Azeez's Story
Vanguard investigations at Egypt Air Head office where Mr
Kunle Abdul-Azeez purchased his ticket revealed that there
has been palpable fear about what Abdulazeez’s guardians
would do next after the visit of his uncle, Mr
Toju Gbenebichie, to Egypt Air office.
Vanguard sought to speak with Mr Khaled El Rafie, General
Manager, Lagos, Egypt Air, but was told that he traveled and
will be back later in the day. But members of staff of Egypt
Air told Vanguard that the entire organization was very
remorseful about the incident especially as it involved a 17
year old boy.
One of them who begged for anonymity, as they have not
been mandated to speak on the issue, said it was actually “a
mix up” on the part of Egypt Air ticket officer, Mr Tony Nzan.
The officer also said Mr. Nzan has been very sober after the
incident and he went the extra mile of trying to arrange an
alternative ticket through a friend in Turkish Airline to
convey Mr. Kunle AbdulAzeez to Ukraine.
The officer added that the arrangement to compensate
Abdul-Azeez with alternative ticket was put on hold after the
visit of his uncle to Egypt Air office and after “ raising hell”,
and threatened to take Egypt Air to court. Efforts to speak
with Mr. Tony Nzan proved abortive as he insisted that he
has been made to write a report on what actually happened
and this has been submitted to the General Manager who
now has the authority to address the issue.
NCAA begins investigation
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has begun
investigation into the matter. The authority is already in
receipt of the official complaint lodged by Toju Gbenebichie,
the uncle of Joshua. They have asked for the copies of the
ticket, the boarding pass and other relevant documents that
could help their case.
A letter signed by Abdulmalik Ifueko for the AGM Flight
Operations/Adjudication Unit in the Consumer Protection
Directorate yesterday confirmed this. A source said that
among other things “tearing the Nigerian passport is a direct
affront on the government and people of Nigeria and will be
taken seriously depending on the outcome of the
investigations.”

Hmm

Egypt must be brought to her knees. They've not started being remorseful yet.

You don't treat our child or our nation with scorn and go scot free.

Sad.

Am most grateful for d life of this young man. Tank God he is a life.
As for the ticket officer,he should be sacked. What was he tinking?
And for tearing the guys passport, Egypt should apologise to the young man and Nigeria in general.

Abeg Sue their A$s jare, go and tell the judge ur remorse story.

MODS front page please,egypt air must pay damages

I felt like crying for the young lad while reading his side of the story, he faced a lot of things that if it were to be another person it may have resulted to loss of life or damage of is mental reasoning and psychological mind, pls nigerians stand for this boy the next person maybe your son,brother or even you....don't let this people go unpurnished right from russia now to the general manager they must all be locked up. I rest my case

Why send a mere 17 year old to Ukraine in the first place...Ukraine that is even having political issues.

thank God the case won't be burry.......

davno: Egypt must be brought to her knees. They've not started being remorseful yet.

You don't treat our child or our nation with scorn and go scot free.

The question is, are the Nigerian authorities going to be proactive enough to ensure that the Egyptians account for Joshua's maltreatment?

Ishilove:
The question is, are the Nigerian authorities going to be proactive enough to ensure that the Egyptians account for Joshua's maltreatment?

Let's hope they will be serious this time. By the way, I read through d whole pages of ur wasimi chronicles my first night on nairaland. Stumbled upon it by chance and was thrilled.

Better

They still have to find the guy something, if they want the case settled out of court

Remorseful ke? They should not think that the next word should be forgiveness. They should be dealt with severely in and out of court. What nonsense!!

davno:

Let's hope they will be serious this time. By the way, I read through d whole pages of ur wasimi chronicles my first night on nairaland. Stumbled upon it by chance and was thrilled.

Thank you for taking the time out to read it, it is very encouraging

This does not dispute the fact that the Egyptians are very wicked set of People. Being remorseful is not enough for all the pains they put the youngman through and the direct affront on Nigeria by tearing his passport. They should be BANNED from flying through Nigeria airspace ever!!! ^

Egypt Air! You have not seen anything yet!
By the time am through dealing with them,they'll relocate to sambisa!
How dare you tear my country's passport?!

Remorse ko,Fool Ni..,Rubbish!

igweamaka85: MODS front page please,egypt air must pay damages

Endorsed. This is not about the young man but sending a strong message to other countries about maltreating nigerian citizens.

I was here

[quote
author=Ishilove]
The question is, are the Nigerian authorities going to be proactive
enough to ensure that the Egyptians account for Joshua's
maltreatment?[/quote]I pray they be brought to book.



U b Ijesha pikin?

#KickEgyptAirOutOfNigeria

These are unnecessary pull out of poo's..
They should go and tell the gods their pleas!
As for me the Egypt Air we see today, we shall see them no more!

The young mans ordeal was heart wrenching...but as earlier said, "the egyptians you see today, you shall see them no more" literall when they get fired.

#BringBackNigerianAirways

He was just a kid!they should not leave that part out in court.Earning our respect from these bigots is long overdue!Oga ju na we bad pass?why such evuls??

Good to hear this. Tearing his passport is an insult to Niigerians and Nigeria. The govt should suspend or ban them.

Every Nigerian that read the original story should decide to stop using egyptAir, even as investigations are on going.

bobolathefirst: Why send a mere 17 year old to Ukraine in the first place...Ukraine that is even having political issues.

So cause of political issues that is been over exaggerated...... the guy should forfeit his educational career pursuit?
Common!!!

THIS IS REALLY BAD

Those mummies should be deported