The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says Wasiu Ayinde, the popular Fuji musician known as Kwam 1, will be blacklisted for six months for his conduct at the domestic terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Michael Achimugu, the NCAA’s director of public affairs and consumer protection, announced during a press briefing on Thursday. “What I must assure the general public is that everybody involved in this will be brought to book,” Achimugu said.
“As we speak, the passenger is going to be blacklisted for the next six months flying in Nigeria. Aviation rules are made for everybody, for the protection of everybody. These rules are global. There is nothing about the rules that is to antagonise any passenger.
“So, we will do everything we can to get to the root of it. Everybody who needs to be punished or sanctioned will receive justice.” A fresh clip has shown how Wasiu Ayinde, the veteran Fuji musician popularly known as Kwam 1, engaged personnel of ValueJet in an altercation that culminated in the airline breaching safety protocol.
The incident occurred on August 5 at the domestic wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.
Sources had told TheCable that Kwam 1, who was onboard the ValueJet plane, was seen sipping from a flask and was approached by a flight attendant who suspected that the content was alcohol — a substance prohibited onboard aircraft in Nigeria. The attendant then asked the musician to give up the flask. Kwam 1 demurred, saying the flask contained a medication prescribed by his doctor. As tempers flared, Kwam 1 reportedly spilt the substance on ValueJet personnel.
In the new clip, officials of the airline could be seen asking the Fuji artiste to leave the front of the aircraft as the pilot and ground crew prepared for take-off. Kwam 1 stood in front of the aircraft, moving to block the airplane as the pilot made to steer right and left. On August 6, footage of the popular musician ducking a wing of the plane as the aircraft abruptly taxied on the runway, went viral.
