Renowned lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has opened up on the reason the Federal Government pardoned the unruly Ibom Air passenger, Comfort Emmanson.
While disclosing this in a statement, the human rights activist stated that the government withdrew the case against the female passenger because it refused to charge top musician Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, also known as KWAM 1, with the requisite criminal offences for attempting to stop the takeoff of a Value jet flight
He alleged that the government has lost the moral right to prosecute any unruly passenger who commits an offence at any of the country’s airports.
Falana criticized the government for accepting KWAM 1’s apology and pardoning him, without allowing the police to finalize its investigation.
“Since citizens have equal rights, obligations, and opportunities before the law, the Federal Government will henceforth be accused of subjecting any unruly passenger to discriminatory treatment on the ground that KWAM 1 was ‘pardoned’ without any criminal trial whatsoever,”said Falana.
