PBA Reporter
The management of Air Peace has expressed its readiness to meet with Aminu Ado Bayero, the Emir of Kano in a bid to resolve the misunderstanding between them.
Recall, the airline had allegedly turned down Bayero’s request to delay the Lagos-Kano scheduled flight after they were delayed in Banjul, Gambia, to Lagos.
Isa Bayero, cousin of Aminu Ado Bayero, Emir of Kano, later issued a three-day ultimatum to Air Peace to apologise for “disrespecting” the monarch.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelOn Thursday, Bayero wrote a letter of complaint to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), asking the regulatory body to take action against the airline for allegedly disrespecting the emir and the people of Kano.
Meanwhile, Barr. Allen Onyema, the Chairman, Air Peace, in statement on Monday regretted the altercations that arose from the missed flight, but described the emir as a quiet and a peace loving man who would not encourage violence of any sort.
He also cautioned the public, especially the media, against escalating the issue, assuring that the airline would resolve the issue amicably. He said: “I don’t want to be used to heat up the polity.
According to him, “I don’t want Air Peace to be a source of rancour in the country. Air Peace has always been known as an airline that was borne out of peace.
“I have been a very peaceful person and I have been pursuing tenets of peace all my life and I have been pursuing peace and unity of this country selflessly right from my teenage years.
“And the Emir of Kano I know is a peace loving man. I have always known him as a prince when the late father was still alive.
“I have paid homage to the father several times. He may not remember me, but when I bring pictures of me and his father and him also, he will realise that I have been paying homage to his father. I have always known him as a very quiet and unassuming person and nothing has changed.
“I don’t think the emir of Kano will want to be involved in what is happening and I can tell you he is a very respectable man. We are going to meet any day. He’s not a troublesome person and I am sure he will like to meet with me and I will also like to meet with him, too.
“There is nothing at stake, we are all one Nigeria. We don’t want people to capitalise on this to start fanning embers of disunity in the country. People should play it down; the media should play it down.”
