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Oshiomhole Slams AirPeace Over Abuja Airport Drama, Rejects Preferential Offer

By Andrew Haruna | Abuja, FCT

Senator Adams Oshiomhole, representing Edo North, has accused Nigerian airline AirPeace of unethical behavior after a dramatic scene unfolded at the Abuja airport last week, drawing widespread attention on social media and beyond.

Speaking out on Channels TV live, Oshiomhole explained that the confrontation arose when AirPeace personnel allegedly barred him and other passengers from boarding a flight, despite having already checked in via the airline’s mobile app.

According to the former Edo State Governor, the airline's gate agents refused to honour digital check-ins and insisted passengers pay exorbitant fees to board flights they had already paid for.

“In fact, a woman who had paid ₦146,000 for her ticket was asked to pay an additional ₦109,000 to fly, despite having already checked in online,” Oshiomhole disclosed.

The senator further alleged that once the AirPeace staff recognized him as a government official, they attempted to isolate him from the other affected passengers by offering him special treatment—a gesture he refused.

"Contrary to rumours making round in the public domain that his security personnel blocked the entrance and disrupting the activities of the airline, the senator revealed that he came to the section of the airport alone".

“They called the manager who offered to help me alone while leaving the rest of the passengers stranded,” he said. “But I told them I couldn’t accept that kind of shady offer. I have my integrity.”

Oshiomhole said many of the stranded passengers pleaded with him not to abandon them, prompting him to speak up on their behalf.

He accused the airline of misleading the public in its statement regarding the incident, stating that AirPeace failed to admit the underhanded treatment and attempted compromise.

The senator also used the opportunity to criticize the airline’s punctuality, saying he had previously stopped flying with them due to their repeated delays and poor service ethics.

“AirPeace doesn’t keep to time. That’s one of the reasons I stopped flying with them,” he said.

The incident has sparked public debate around passenger rights, airline accountability, and the need for greater regulation in Nigeria’s aviation sector. Neither AirPeace nor the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has released an official follow-up statement as of the time of this report.

Source: The Bureau Newspaper

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Fight back
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Make we hear the customers own side of the story b4 we judge.

Him don carry his abgoro political lifestyle go meet airline.

Do u know how many people they employ and how they contribute to the economy? Better behave and follow rules

Baba said he has his integrity.

Integrity and Nigerian politicians in a sentence is usually a lie, the last time one maigida who rode on the integrity train came through, man was worst than the devil.

Which kain lie be this? I've been booking flights online and they have not charged me extra. Oga, you arrived late.

Editorialtimes:
“AirPeace doesn’t keep to time. That’s one of the reasons I stopped flying with them,” he said.

And he still carried himself there.

Funny thing now is most of the people that will defend air peace may have never entered an airport talkless of a plane. 🤣

This guy should stop over flogging this issue.

Once the boarding gate is closed passengers are no longer allowed through, whether you are checked in online or not is irrelevant

How many times will this make a headlines?

See what a federal lawmaker is saying...after they will say Peter Obi is demarketing the country, is this one not demarketing local indigenous companies?

He talks too much, any one who listen to him now will think he is fighting for the masses.

FAAN should as a matter of urgency release the CCTV footage and let the people see who was at fault

Oshiomole thinks we’re still in the Stone Age without social media.
Accept your Bleep up and move on

Airpeace has continue to lower standard and fail on best practices.
They delay in both international and local flight is one thing.
They want to be prided international but doesn't want to engage in the customer services demand for such airline.

004gist:
Him don carry his abgoro political lifestyle go meet airline.

Do u know how many people they employ and how they contribute to the economy? Better behave and follow rules

So as employer of labour, it means they can do no wrong
Hope you are aware that the govt is also an employer of labour?

In a safer clime, Oshiomhole will be in prison for locking gate of airport. Air Peace also has its blame though

Oshiomole should stop being petty.
You can’t just stroll in at 6:12 a.m. for a 6:30 a.m. flight, aviation is not molue.

This man is a shameless liar
Unfortunately he's an APC Nigerian leader

Everything Adams said reeks of truth. Those people should check themselves…

I hope passengers can come out to verify these claims!!!

You no get money you go dey use Money Point...., so what's the POINT 🤷

004gist:
Him don carry his abgoro political lifestyle go meet airline.

Do u know how many people they employ and how they contribute to the economy? Better behave and follow rules

because dey employ thousands, they should maltreat their customers? We don read AirPeace,Osho own aide.Let those customers com and shalaye b4 we judge.Emotion doesn't solve problem

"The senator further alleged that once the AirPeace staff recognized him as a government official, they attempted to isolate him from the other affected passengers by offering him special treatment—a gesture he refused"


Very shameful acts from Airpeace...and this is what most organisations in Nigeria extorting the common man usually do...they will try and give special treatment to "high and mighty" to cover their tracks.

Nonsense.

This matter should be thoroughly investigated. Many of these airline staff indulge in sharp practices. Also, politicians are too power hungry and dishonest to be trusted.

Na normal thing for these airlines.

They have no respect for passengers.

You cannot move people's flights indiscriminately. It is an indication of improper planning. You can't operate five flights per day when you have no capacity. If aircrafts are not available, simply reduce your flight frequency or have a code-share arrangement. The accusation that passengers are asked to pay 209k to airlift them as against what was paid online needs to be looked into.

Even if Oshiomole came late for his flight, I am glad he spoke up against the unethical practices by Air Peace. By now, the senate should have convened a public hearing into such practices by airlines. You'd be surprised that some airline staff were charging those exorbitant "boarding fees" to up their KPIs. I was surprised after so many people called out Air Peace for unethical conduct. Shebi they are now flying to London and other international routes. Let them try those sharp practices in those places if they wont pay a hefty fine or face suspension.

Dear Air Peace Management,

Nigerian Airways collapsed due to corruption and mismanagement.

Arik Air was once the poster boy of Nigerian aviation; what happened to them?

Aero Contractors?

Okada Air?

If you like, mismanage your airline and see if it won't collapse.

Dear Nigerian big men, there are critical sectors of the economy you can invest your funds in. Aviation is one of them. Come together, float an airline. Appoint a competent management team and make money. You can do the same for vehicle assembly, textile, arms and ammunition manufacturing, mining, and so on. A situation where one person is doing as he likes because he controls a third of the domestic aviation market is unacceptable.

Even though...

Is that the way you can fight for the passengers??

Nonsense

God punish all of una politicians

LagosOrigin:
This man is a shameless liar
Unfortunately he's an APC Nigerian leader

There are videos of other passengers..he truly fought for them.

Airpeace was shameless to rush to the media..they were at fault...and it's their usual way

Ofunaofu:
Oshiomole should stop being petty.
You can’t just stroll in at 6:12 a.m. for a 6:30 a.m. flight, aviation is not molue.

He already check-in online...you missed that part

If the airline won't honour online check-in..then, they should remove the option from their website!

emkz:
Na normal thing for these airlines.

They have no respect for passengers

Our politicians are just some group of individuals we love to hate, even when they are fighting for a noble cause, we have a way to twist it against them.
I wonder the pedigree of our airlines that people now felt the whatever lead to the altercation couldn't have been their fault but the senator's

The senator is right that air peace has a poor punctuality records, they delay and cancel flight at will.