The Federal Government has suspended the operations of a private jet charter and aircraft maintenance firm, Executive Jet Services, for flouting COVID-19 regulations by flying Musician, Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley, to Abuja to perform in a concert.
Speaking during the daily COVID19 briefing of the Presidential Task Force, PTF, the minister for aviation, Hadi Sirika, said that the aviation sector was misled because the flight was approved for a different purpose entirely.
According to the minister, the aircraft was meant to be used to fly an Appeal Court Judge, Justice Adefope Okogie, from Lagos to Abuja but instead, it was inappropriately used for conveying Naira Marley.
Sirika explained that the company and the flight captain has been suspended indefinitely for providing false information to convey the singer to Abuja for the show, adding that they will not escape the arms of the law.
He, however, promised that more strict regulations will now be put in place to ensure that there are no loopholes in the aviation sector.