[Graphic]:Stranded Passengers Shut Down Abuja Airport

Passengers who were stranded at the Nnamdi Azikwe International on
Friday, January 30 shut down
activities as they protested over the
incessant flight delays.

According to Premium Times, the
passengers who were scheduled to
travel to Ibadan by Arik Air were left
stranded for hours by the airline.

To show their grievances, the angry
passengers shut down operations at
the airport as they blocked the
boarding gate of the airport and did
not allow Arik and other airlines to
board passengers to other destinations.

Speaking to Premium Times, a civil
social activist and one of the stranded passengers, Saka Waheed, said that the aborted flight was originally schedule for 3.25pm but as at 9:30pm, they were still at the airport.

“Later, they came to tell us it had been changed to 4p.m. By 4 o’clock, they said flight would be 7pm. When it was 7, we were directed to enter a bus to take us to the tarmac so that we could board the plane and leave for Ibadan.

Although we entered the bus, yet the
driver later told us to get down. In
short, that was the point we were told the flight had been cancelled, after we had spent over four hours at the airport,” Mr. Waheed said.

According to him, the passengers have not been able to assess their luggage, which had already been checked in and that neither airport officials nor Arik Air staff had explained to them why the flight was cancelled.