Sanctions Urged against British Airways for leaving a 'Sultan' behind
 

"THE Action Congress (AC) has asked the Federal Government to immediately sanction British Airways over its recent disrespectful treatment of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Said Abubakar III, by the airline.

In a statement issued in Abuja Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it was inexcusable that the monarch and his entourage could be left behind by the airline, while they waited at the VIP lounge of the 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.

It said the reported apologies of the airline and the British High Commission is like medicine after death, as it will not reverse the shabby treatment meted out to the Monarch.

The party also said the fact that the airline is from a country where the Monarchy is held in high esteem means it cannot pretend not to know the importance of such a foremost Monarch like the Sultan of Sokoto.

AC said the British Airlines' action, coming on the heels of its recent maltreatment of several Nigerian passengers in London, has shown that the airline has nothing but absolute contempt for Nigeria and her citizens, no matter how lowly or highly placed.

"It is high time the Nigerian government signalled to the foreign airlines and missions in the country that it will no longer tolerate the shabby treatment of its citizens. If the British Airways had been heavily sanctioned after the recent London incident, it would have thought twice before daring to disrespect a highly-respected personality like the Sultan.

"In any case, it is also possible that the airline is taking a cue from the British High Commission in Nigeria which, like other foreign missions here, have made the humiliation of Nigerian citizens their past time, just because they dare to seek travel visas.

"If indeed the Nigerian citizen is of any importance to this administration, and if indeed the government is aware of its responsibilities to its citizens, then it must begin to show that the time to maltreat a Nigerian is long over," AC said."

:bored: Anyone like to answer this one?? :E

BA082/13 delayed 15 minutes to offload bag of no show pax? Possibly this flight? What do you expect an airline to do? Wait infinitum for a 'VIP' to show or to operate a scheduled flight for the other 200+ pax?.

A few people seem to think that the world revolves around them - it doesn't and it's time they learned that.

Who do they think they are? If they are that important then charter an aircraft - it will then do what they want. If they book on a scheduled flight, then turn up in time or :mad: off.

[Doesn't matter if you are from Nigeria or USA or UK - the same rules apply - it's not discrimination!]

Isn't there a t-shirt that says,

"Happiness is V1 out of Lagos" ?

Chips:ooh:

I suspect the Sultan of Sokoto was trying to demonstrate his high position by delaying the other 300 passengers. Might have worked at Nigerian airlines when that was running.

If the Nigerian government wants to run an airline why dont they? It went so well last time.

Well, I was once told that the definition of happiness was calling V1 at Lagos.

"that it will no longer tolerate the shabby treatment of its citizens."


Maybe if they stopped smuggling Cocaine or ripping off credit cards we wouldn't treat them so badly:=




S78

To say nothing of the daily (attempted) email scams.

What a cheek, all this from the land of the free, an armed escort to your hotel and dodgy radar. I say sultan of "who". When its time to push we go if you can't be botherd to get you're finger out then get the next flight .So Mr Sultan of the mini cab office.."F.O" and well done BA. That's better, moan over

I agree with the above posts. Often the local bigwig wil try to show his power by making everyone wait. As for Lagos and Nigeria the t--d world.

Indeed - sultan of WHERE??? Of all the places I've flown into, Nigeria is by far and away the place I dislike most - bunch of scamming, thieving crooks like you've never seen...
If the sultan's late, bye bye....

And people wonder why Africa has so many problems.

I guess the Sultan was sipping Cristal Champagne and wasting his country's wealth on himself again.

I wonder if he was travelling abroad to help the plight of his people in Nigeria , or as I suspect , to help himself and his tribe/family/cronies/ass kissers spend some of his hard earned money. Why go to London ? Shopping at Harrods ?...then there`s the Commonwealth ??... sometimes Britain has rampant double standards. As far as BA is concerned , well done. I`m sure they`ll be early next time. ..Would you like a towel to wipe that egg off your face ? What a shame.

Oh how I laughed!!!!

Just needed to agree wholeheartedly with the above... Abuja and Lagos are not the nicest places I've been to. People (on the whole) are scamming and arrogant. Good on BA I say, if you're not there then you don't fly...

As for their choice of BA, if they had such a problem with the ''Mistreatment'' of the Natives, why choose BA again?? Make your own :mad: airline (As said above, It worked so well last time!)
:ugh:

Oh dear, the SULTAN of hell knows where and his entourage was left behind because he couldn't be arsed to get up when the boarding call was made... He waited for the personal apt servant to fetch him to the aircraft, red carped and all. I guess MONEY can't buy everything, including a BA flight.

Well done BA and as for the so called Sultan... Set up your own :mad: airline and then no one would dare to leave you behind. Capisci?:ok:


Rgds,
ATS

Guys what a good thread, now whilst we are on this subject I have an excellent pakage. I can get you "very cheap" Rolex watch, how many would you like, please, no money I will take from your bank account, you're account details please...That's question 1 on "what makes you a perfect citizen of Nigeria" sorted. Oh yes "SULTAN OH WHO"....

There is a God after all!

SLF?
 

Which part of "Self-Loading" did they not understand? :E

kudos to the BA crew !

And yes, the Brits apologizing really ain't gonna make up for it but then there's no need to apologize either. God forbid !

I just dare to imagine how the folks waiting at the gate were going down on their knees when they heard "Last call for Mr Sultan - Would Mr Sultan of... sorry what was it again ? please move immediately to Gate 28..."

What I wonder:
17 JUN 2008 - Nigeria: World Bank approves $46.7m lifeline for aviation infrastructure

There wasn't enough cash for a private plane for such an important VIP in that bucket ??

Anyway, there's always the return flight... :E

Who the heck and what the heck is the sultan of sokoto anyway??...

"Who the heck and what the heck is the sultan of sokoto" anyway.Oh my god, you telling us you don't know......He is the "cxxk" who missed his flight. ps can I interest you in a watch....;