A protest broke out on Sunday, at a Benin airport after passengers
who were scheduled for two Arik Air flights from Benin to Lagos, were
said to have found out that their flight had been chattered by members
of staff of Dangote Cement.
According to YNaija, the passengers who were billed to board their flights at 16:30 to
Abuja and 17:00 to Lagos were stunned when they were informed that there
was no fuel in the airplanes.
Not long after they were checked in at about 18:00, after waiting for
over 2 hours, word spread that 2 airplanes had been chattered by staff
of Dangote Cement.
The staff of Dangote Cement were allegedly returning from a ground breaking ceremony, says a source at the Benin airport.
The new information apparently irked the frustrated passengers as
they vented their anger in a full fledged protest as they were made to
believe that the airplanes were meant to take them.
As at the time of reporting, all Arik staff at the airport have reportedly checked out.
Oh meanwhile, Dangote celebrated his 59th birthday yesterday in Edo!