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The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has begun investigations into the alleged maltreatment of Nigeria-bound passengers by Lufthansa Airlines
The agency said it had received a report of the alleged maltreatment of over 200 passengers on Flight LH566, which took off from Frankfurt and was destined for the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos as a direct flight, but was diverted to Cotonou and later to Malabo..
The flight, which was scheduled to arrive Lagos at 5:45pm on Friday (3 March), arrived at 2am the following day after having been diverted to Cotonou in the Republic of Benin and Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
The aircraft had hovered over Lagos airport for one hour before leaving for Cotonou. On arriving Lagos at 2am, the passengers asked the airline to make arrangement for their stay in an hotel but the German national airline refused the request and reportedly threatened to call police on them.
The airline’s claim that the Lagos airport was closed hence it could not land has been denied by the Nigerian authorities.
Kola Tella
