Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Reno Omokri, a staunch supporter of President Bola Tinubu, has warned Nigerians against allowing the former Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to set the country on fire.<\/p>\nOmokri said Obi, in his desperation to be Nigeria\u2019s president, would say anything, including twisting facts.<\/p>\n
He was reacting to Obi\u2019s comment questioning the call by Nigeria\u2019s aviation authorities, twisting the sequence of events in the clash between Ibom Air passenger, Ms. Comfort Emmanson, and a hostess of the airline.<\/p>\n
Posting on X, Omokri wrote: \u201cComfort Emmanson\/Ibom Air Saga: Peter Obi Is Desperate. Nigerians Should Not Let Him Set Nigeria on Fire.<\/p>\n
\u201cToo critical a mass of the Nigerian people are so emotionally led that they tend to use \u2018sense\u2019 to make judgments instead of relying on what cannot lie, facts.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease fact-check me: Once you have boarded a plane, and it is announced that boarding is completed, it is against International Civil Aviation Organisation rules for you to disembark, whether voluntarily or forcefully, without the airline first communicating with airport security, and security personnel coming to escort you out.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore you argue, please read the ICAO rules or simply use an AI to search for \u2018can you leave a plane after boarding?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t decide on your own to deplane from a plane, whether or not you feel you have reasonable grounds. There is a protocol to follow.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reason is that terrorists have in the past planted explosives on planes and then, at the last minute, feigned an excuse to leave that plane after placing explosives or other dangerous devices on the aircraft.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe proper procedure when you want to deplane is for the aircraft crew to inform airport security. Then, they come and either wait for you at the plane\u2019s door or enter the plane and physically remove you.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven at that, the plane cannot still depart unless the appropriate officials remove your checked-in luggage and everything else you must have brought on the flight, and then check that the plane has not been compromised.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving a quarrel with an airline host or hostess about whether or not your phone is on airplane mode or switched off is not a ground for you to opt out of the flight and deplane on your own volition, without security officials intervening. That is not just indiscipline, it is a criminal offence!<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease fact-check me: By ICAO regulations, disobeying an airline crew, whether or not you disagree with their instruction, is an automatic criminal offence that can result in fines, arrest, and imprisonment.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the airline allows such unruly behaviour without reporting it, it is also in violation and can face very severe penalties, including license suspension.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis situation is completely different from that involving King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, AKA K1 De Ultimate.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a difference between defying officials outside a plane, which is what K1 De Ultimate did, and violence on and off the plane, which is what Ms. Comfort Emmanson did.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the United States and Europe, passengers have been banned for life for much minor offences. For example, in the US, Ms. Erin Wright was banned for life for having sex on a plane.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso, a British passenger, Alexander Michael Dominic MacDonald, was banned for life and fined $20,638 for refusing to obey air hostesses on a United Airlines flight.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeter Obi releasing a statement this morning questioning the call by Nigeria\u2019s aviation authorities, twisting the sequence of events, and inserting himself as a judge and jury is unfortunate behaviour from a man who wants to be Nigeria\u2019s President.<\/p>\n
\u201cNigerians are largely emotional and need a rational leader to guide them along the lines of facts and law and order.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeter Obi is not such a person. He follows the crowd, whether they are right or wrong. His statement yesterday was provocative and could have incited the public. Moreover, it was based on a wrong premise.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow can Nigerians expect a man who does not know what the word \u2018defection\u2019 means and was arguing with Dr. Reuben Abati that he had never defected from a party, he \u2018just left,\u2019 to give them guidance on a sensitive issue like the one concerning Ms. Comfort Emmanson?<\/p>\n
\u201cPeter Obi is desperate to be Nigerian President and will say ANYTHING, no matter the consequences. He also has a cult following primarily based on ethnicity, and his followers will blindly support him.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut if we, as Nigerians, can focus on the facts, we will not unnecessarily be incited to heat the polity, undermine our institutions, and country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Source: Daily Post Nigeria<\/b><\/p>\n
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