Sultan - AC Asks FG to Sanction British Airways

Posted to the web 12 August 2008 Lagos Action Congress (AC) has asked the Federal Government to sanction British Airways over its recent disrespectful treatment of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar III. In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it was inexcusable that the monarch and his entourage would be left behind by the airline, while waiting at the VIP lounge of Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja. "This recalcitrant airline can neither claim to be unaware of the fact that the Sultan and his entourage were waiting at the VIP lounge, nor pretend not to know they had not boarded as at the time the flight took off. "Therefore, the British Airways' action smacks of blatant operational inefficiency at best, and sheer, perhaps deliberate, assault... [read full story]