AMCON had on February 9 taken over Arik Air as a result of its huge debt profile and thereafter appointed Captain Roy Ilegbodu to manage the airline under the receivership of Oluseye Opasanya
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Opasanya made the disclosure in an affidavit filed in support of the airline’s receivership by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria before Justice Muhammed Idris of a Federal High Court in Lagos
AMCON had on February 8 announced that it had taken over Arik Air to save it from collapse and in the best interest of the general public, workers, creditors and others in the aviation sector
The unions involved in the action are: National Union of Air Transport Employees, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers
Olayinka Abioye, the General Secretary, NUATE, who spoke on behalf of the unions on Wednesday in Lagos, accused the new management of intolerance to unionism
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria had on February 9 taken over the airline
The asset company made the disclosure in a statement signed by its Spokesman, Jude Nwauzor, in Lagos
AMCON had taken over the airline following its huge indebtedness of the company to both local and foreign creditors
Jude Nwauzor, the AMCON spokesperson, confirmed the development to newsmen in Lagos