The convoy
carrying the wife of the former President, Dame Patience Jonathan, was stopped
from taking her to the foot of the aircraft on the tarmac of the Port Harcourt
International Airport, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has said.
The former First
Lady was reportedly stopped from using the VIP lounge of the airport. But the
FAAN said it was not so. It was learnt that Dame Jonathan had gone to Port
Harcourt on a private visit.
Sources at the
airport also alleged that the former First Lady was denied access to the lounge
by security operatives of FAAN, who reportedly said they were working based on
orders from “above.”
But reacting to
the report, FAAN, in a statement on Tuesday, described it as misleading and
mischievous, stressing that the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan was
not denied access to “the VIP lounge at the Port Harcourt International Airport
on July 27, 2015.”
However, the
authority was quick to state that what its security officials did was to stop
the former First Lady’s convoy from gaining access to the tarmac where her
aircraft was parked.
The General
Manager, Corporate Affairs, Yakubu Dati, said the security officials explained
to Dame Jonathan’s team why her convoy was stopped, adding that the officials
were only abiding by international safety standards.
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