Airlines Reschedule Flights As Students Block Lagos Airport Road
Airlines operating at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA)were forced to reschedule several flights following the protests by students that got many passengers stranded.
The protest was embarked upon by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) following the failure of the Federal Government to meet the demands of the Academic Staff of Universities Union (ASUU).
The Head, of Corporate Communications for United Nigeria Airlines, Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu noted that their operations were not affected by the traffic, while the spokesperson of Arik Air, Ola Banji, explained that the airline had to reschedule some of its flights to accommodate passengers that were stuck.
It was gathered that the protesters arrived at NAHCO junction, leading to MMIA expressway around 7 am and condoned off the road to the international terminal and the Murtala Muhammed tollgate with their vehicles, singing solidarity songs.
A team of security operatives led by the Deputy Commissioner of Police Airport Command, DCP Sunday Kayode and Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Commandant, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, were at the airport road to ensure the protest remained peaceful.
However, many passengers whose vehicles were denied access to the airport terminals were seeing trekking, carrying their pieces of luggage on their heads, while some dragged them on.
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