Second Republic Senate President, Joseph Wayas, has been barred from flying Arik Air over what the management of the airline described as unruly behaviour while onboard.

It is the same story for show business impresario, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy.

Wayas offence is also said to be similar to that of the maverick musician.
As for Charly Boy, former president of the Performing Musicians Employers' Association of Nigeria (PMAN), he was handed the ban for forcefully occupying a seat in the business class instead of economy class, which ticket he had.

According to a memo pasted on the airline's notice board at the ticketing counter at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja, Charly Boy's ban took effect from January 16, 2009 and will expire on January 16, 2010.

His offences as published in the memo include "non-cooperation with cabin crew, booked on economy class but wanted to seat in business class and, also threatened to deal with the crew when they sought to correct him."


Aside these two popular personalities, the list also contains the names of five others including a journalist (names withheld) who was accused of writing "a degrading but untrue story" about the airline.

The ban, according to the report, will last a whole year.

Effort to get both Wayas and Charly Boy to react to the development were unsuccessful as they would not pick calls put through to their mobile phones or respond to SMS sent to them.

However, Banji Ola, the airline's spokesman justified the action by saying that "it is a standard practice worldwide that passengers considered as threats to other passengers can be prevented from boarding."

http://www.independentngonline.com/news/tfpg/article01

I  have no objection to Wayas, Charly Boy's ban but should the unnamed journalist be punished for doing his work even if unfavourable to the airline?

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Second Republic Senate President, Joseph Wayas, has been barred from flying Arik Air over what the management of the airline described as unruly behaviour while onboard.

It is the same story for show business impresario, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy.

Wayas offence is also said to be similar to that of the maverick musician.
As for Charly Boy, former president of the Performing Musicians Employers' Association of Nigeria (PMAN), he was handed the ban for forcefully occupying a seat in the business class instead of economy class, which ticket he had.

According to a memo pasted on the airline's notice board at the ticketing counter at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja, Charly Boy's ban took effect from January 16, 2009 and will expire on January 16, 2010.

His offences as published in the memo include "non-cooperation with cabin crew, booked on economy class but wanted to seat in business class and, also threatened to deal with the crew when they sought to correct him."


Aside these two popular personalities, the list also contains the names of five others including a journalist (names withheld) who was accused of writing "a degrading but untrue story" about the airline.

The ban, according to the report, will last a whole year.

Effort to get both Wayas and Charly Boy to react to the development were unsuccessful as they would not pick calls put through to their mobile phones or respond to SMS sent to them.

However, Banji Ola, the airline's spokesman justified the action by saying that "it is a standard practice worldwide that passengers considered as threats to other passengers can be prevented from boarding."

http://www.independentngonline.com/news/tfpg/article01

[size=18pt]I  have no objection to Wayas, Charly Boy's ban but should the unnamed journalist be punished for doing their work even if unfavourable to the airline?[/size]

Even when he writes untrue stories? In fact the airline is lenient with him, they should sue his arse hole for slander and see if his whole family wont join in paying off, journalists need be thought a lesson as well.

Who decide that the story is 'untrue and degrading'? If the airline felt libelled, why didnt they sue the media instead of taking laws into their hands.

Where loads of other airlines they could fly if Arik bans them . The Airline as no right to publish peoples name as banned but they have the right to deny sales of ticket and boarding .

who told you that? Mr Lawyer?