Executive Jets has tendered a written apology to the Federal Government for conveying Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley from Lagos to Abuja in order to perform for fans.
The case attracted public outrage after Naira Marleya, 2019 BBNaija housemate Kimoprah and many fans violated the social distancing rule posed to mitigate the spread of Coronavirus.
Hadi Sirika, Minister of Aviation reacted to the news by suspending Executive Jets for transporting Naira Marley amid flight ban.
However, Executive Jets has released a statement that the flight company an application from FASHOLA BABATUNDE and assumed it was the Minister of Works requesting to fly.
Unknown to them, it was Naira Marley and his cohorts, whom the company referred to as ‘a bunch of useless people”
We hereby apologize for the above flight, with your permit ref: PMA/ATMD/0175/V/V/1268 dated 11th June, 2020,” the letter read.
“Please the flight was to carry a Judge to Abuja on Sunday 14th, 2020 as requested and permit was granted based on the application, but unfortunately when I called the Judge on Saturday morning to inform him that we have the permit, he then said that he has reached Abuja already with a different flight that someone gave him a lift to Abuja.
“So on Saturday morning 13th June, 2020 my staff called me that they have a charter flight to Abuja and that the passengers are already in the lounge as a rule passenger manifest is always sent to me before any departure, when I went through the manifest and I saw FASHOLA BABATUNDE I thought it was the Honorable Minister of Works going to Abuja with his men, so we decided to do the flight since (he) is a serving minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I didn’t know that it was a bunch of useless people.
“We are very sorry for this mistake and we promise that this would not happen again.”