The Federal Government has suspended the operations of the airline which conveyed musician, Naira Marley and a former Big Brother Naija housemate, Kim Oprah, to Abuja.
According to Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Monday during the daily briefing of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19 disclosed that the flight which took the singer to Abuja from Lagos was approved for a different purpose.
This is coming 24 hours after Naira Marley and Kim Oprah flew to Abuja and thrilled party-goers at the Jabi Lake Mall, which was marred with intense criticism.
Recall that the development was triggered by the Naira Marley’s ‘Drive-in’ concert which was held on Saturday night at Jabi Lake Mall.
Sirika said that the flight was initially approved to convey a serving Justice from Lagos to Abuja adding that the company has been suspended indefinitely for providing false information to convey the singer to Abuja for the show.
The Minister also said that the flight captain will equally be sanctioned for providing false information.
The minister said the operations of the flight company have been suspended indefinitely and would also be fined.
He added that the flight captain will also be sanctioned for providing false information.
“Going forward we will escalate the mechanisms we have in place, and we will be stricter in our approvals (and enforcement),” he said.
