Allen Onyema, the Chairman of Air Peace, made this known on Sunday in a statement in Lagos
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Also, there were strong indications on Friday night that the EFCC may watch-list a former Special Adviser/Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme Office.
So also did the Federal Government ask Onyema to go and answer to the charges against him in the US because he broke the laws of the country.
As reported in the Eagle Online on Friday, the US authorities disclosed that Onyema moved more than $20 million from Nigeria through US bank accounts in a scheme involving “false documents” based on the purchase of airplanes and in a statement his lawyers issued on his behalf on Saturday morning, the Nigerian businessman said he is ready to defend himself.
Between 2010 and 2018, over $44.9 million was allegedly transferred into his Atlanta-based accounts from foreign sources
Stanley Olisa, Corporate Communications Executive of the airline, confirmed the development to newsmen on Friday in Lagos.
A statement by the State Government on Saturday said the apology was offered at a peace meeting facilitated by the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema
The Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, said in Lagos that the airline had made steady progress in five years.
Receiving an Award of “Ambassador of Change” given by the Centre of Change Initiatives, an NGO, the Air Peace boss said the training would be given to two youths in each of the country’s 774 local government areas.
Some Nigerians at Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, have commended the National Assembly for recommending the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, for national award in recognition of his patriotism.
The Nigerian Union South Africa has lauded the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, for his benevolence towards evacuation of Nigerans from South Africa.
The lawmakers also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to confer on Chief Allen Onyema, Chairman of Air Peace, a national honour for his philanthropic gestures and contributions to human development.
Onyeama, represented by Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mustapha Sulaiman, made this known during an interactive session with the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs.
The fresh batch of returnees arrived a week after another 187 Nigerians fleeing xenophobia came back from South Africa
The Chairman of Air Peace Airline, Allen Onyema, has said that if Nigerians continued to fight one another as against fighting for one another, there would be no nation.
This is sequel to a motion by Hon. Abdulrazak Namdas which was unanimously adopted at the plenary.
South African authorities have granted landing permit to Air Peace Flight B777 to enable it to evacuate some 320 Nigerians escaping from xenophobia in that country, a Nigerian consular officer has confirmed.
Gbajabiamila gave the commendation while addressing lawmakers at the plenary on Tuesday.
The hero in all of this melodrama, however, is Allen Onyema, the CEO of Air Peace, a Nigerian airline, which provided aircraft to evacuate Nigerians, free of charge from South Africa. He deserves a Presidential handshake and a national honour
The airline has volunteered to evacuate Nigerians willing to return to the country following the recent violence against foreigners in the southern African country.