Alhaji Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, A.K.A. K1 De Ultimate, is doing what he knows how to do best
An unruly conduct of a passenger has been fingered in the near-fatal incident on Tuesday at the NAIA, Abuja, where ValueJet aircraft at takeoff nearly ran over some ground staff and an unruly passenger.
According to the airport manager, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, preliminary investigation revealed that a musician, Alhaji Wasiu Ayinde Marshall, popularly known as K1 De Ultimate, was scheduled to board the valueJet morning flight VK 2011 from Abuja to Lagos.
Before boarding commenced, a ground staff member who saw the passenger clutching a flask of whose its content was an unidentified liquid substance, courteously approached the passenger and acquainted him with the subsisting regulations which disallow boarding with any form of liquid/
.However, when the call for boarding began and other passengers complied and filed in order, the passenger in question reportedly attempted to board with the liquid content in his flask hence, the aviation security personnel approached, and in a most civil manner, informed Alhaji Wasiu Ayinde of the standards as obtained in Nigeria and globally.
When it was glaring, the passenger was adamant, the flight commander descended from the cockpit, and she also appealed to the passenger for understanding, yet all to no avail.
However, boarding continued as smoothly and gently as the dew of the early morning, but the altercation with just this single passenger was getting protracted and was in a gentlemanly manner, urged to step aside for the queue not to be disrupted.
In the initial refusal to later grudgingly stepped aside from the queue, some of the contents of the flask spilt, thus letting the cat out of the bag.
Even those with a blocked nose from the wintry conditions, the incessant rains nationwide instigated, could perceive the smell of the liquid content, which was a form of a choice spirit with the alcohol level that could be determined in the laboratory.
With sufficient evidence on the content of the flask, the concentration shited to obedient passengers. Soon, boarding was completed and the aircraft door appropriately closed.
The eyewitness account related that when the passenger saw the aircraft door locked, he was enraged and reached for the nose of the aircraft and refused to leave despite a series of appeals.
The aviation security personnel were also handy to release the aircraft from the arrest by the passenger.. However, reliable information had it that the passenger was escorted away by AVSEC crime unit for further investigation, after which he was peacefully released.
FAAN has reassured passengers with self-esteem, well-behaved, obedient, and of exemplary conduct that their safety, security, and that of the crew and airport personnel are accorded premium attention
The statement reiterated that “the Authority will not tolerate any actions that compromise operational integrity or undermine aviation safety standards, regardless of the estimation of individuals involved.
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