....Airline may loose operational route.

A businessman, Hon. Olasubomi Okeowo has vow to make use of Legal means to fight Ethiopian Airlines who refused to fly him back to Nigeria because of the possibility of him needing Oxygen while onboard.

Recall that Punch Metro gathered how Okeowo agent purchased an economy ticket from the airline on January 6, with a return date of February 5,2023, for N1,300,000.

Narrating his ordeal to our correspondent, Okeowo, who is an asthmatic patient, said the airline was conveying him alongside other passengers to the airport in Newark, USA when he suddenly started reacting to the humidity, dust and lack of fresh air in the plane .

Okeowo said he noticed his body needed oxygen and when his inhaler could not improve his condition, he quickly informed one of the air hostesses of his condition and the air hostess informed the pilot who made an announcement to know whether a medical doctor was onboard.

He said, “They promptly gave me oxygen, and I slept off. We landed safely at Newark Airport, and I walked out of the plane without any aid. When I got out of the plane and breathed in natural air, I felt normal.

“At the expiration of my stay in the US, I proceeded to the airline counter at the Terminal B of the Newark Airport and checked in like all other passengers.

Okeowo then said at the Expiration of his stay in the US, He proceeded to the airline counter at terminal B of the Newark Airport and checked in like all other passengers. 

Okeowo in his word said I was denied entry to the plane immediately he ask that is there an  emergency oxygen to avoid what happened when was coming from Nigeria. To his surprise, one of the Airline workers, One Mr Danny, told him to disembark from the plane with his entire luggage.

He said he was left stranded for up to 6 days without been attended to after which he has exhausted all cash at hand.

Okeowo speaking with our correspondent said he has vowed to use every legal means to fight the Airline for denying him his right as a passenger on board.

"As I am telling you we are already proceeding to court with my lawyer, I can assure you they may loose their Operational route for what they have done to me." He said