The Nigeria Police Power has dragged a businesswoman, Mrs. Nneka Ogbonna, to court docket on a two-count cost of plane hijacking and flight disruption on an Air Peace flight scheduled to depart Lagos for Warri on December 10, 2019.
The passenger had prompted a delay of over 80 minutes on the flight by refusing to disembark from the plane as ordered by the pilot following a sequence of extraordinarily disturbing and disorderly conducts exhibited by the accused.
This was contained in Federal Excessive Court docket (Lagos Division) paperwork dated January 25, 2021, with the case titled: ‘Federal Republic of Nigeria (Complainant) vs Mrs Nneka Ogbonna(Defendant)’.
The 2-count cost learn: “That you simply Mrs. Nneka Ogbonna, on the tenth December 2019, on the Home Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport Ikeja, Lagos, throughout the Judicial Division of this honourable Court docket, whereas on board Air Peace Plane flight No 47210, did unlawfully, by menace of drive, or intimidation, seize the doorway and staircase-way of the mentioned flight and train management of the plane by not permitting passengers to board the mentioned Air Peace Plane, thus tried the hijacking of Air Peace flight No 47210, and thereby dedicated an offence punishable beneath Part 56(3) of Civil Aviation Act, Legal guidelines of the Federation of Nigeria, 2006.
“That you simply, Mrs. Nneka Ogbonna, whereas on board Air Peace Plane, flight 47210, did disrupt service on the aerodrome of Murtala Muhammed Worldwide Airport by refusing to disembark when ordered by the Pilot to disembark from the Air Peace Plane, flight No 47210, inflicting an uproar and brawl, combating the Cabin Crew within the bid to withstand the Order to Disembark, which now disrupted the service on the aerodrome and equally delayed the flight from taking off at 11:06am and thereby dedicated an offence punishable beneath Part 59(1) (b) of Civil Aviation Act, Legal guidelines of the Federation of Nigeria, 2006”.
The cost discover was signed by Joseph Nwadike, Prosecution Counsel, Nigeria Police Power.
THISDAY additionally gathered that the Federal Excessive Court docket Choose presiding within the enforcement of elementary human proper go well with earlier filed by Ogbonna towards Air Peace Restricted, the Nigerian Police and 4 others, Justice (Prof) Obiozor recused himself from the continued proceedings because of the unprofessional conduct of the Applicant’s counsel.
The Applicant’s counsel, Mr. Ngozi Akandu had petitioned the Senate, Inspector Normal of Police and several other organisations whereas the go well with was nonetheless pending earlier than the Court docket.