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The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, on Sunday, warned Air Peace against derailing its ongoing investigation into alleged exploitative ticket pricing and other activities that violate the rights of consumers.
The Eastern Updates reports that aside from the alleged exploitative ticket pricing, the commission had also launched an inquiry into other unfair business practices by the airline.
FCCPC’s warning, contained in a statement by its Director of Corporate Affairs, Ondaje Ijagwu, followed a claim by Air Peace that it was not under investigation.
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The commission accused Air Peace of using media leaks and public statements to mislead the general public and create confusion about the ongoing enquiries.
It also noted that Air Peace’s assertion that only the aviation regulatory agency could enquire into its affairs “betrays a terribly poor understanding of both the legal and moral pillars of its operating environment.”
According to FCCPC, passengers are consumers of its services, insisting their rights are inalienable and guaranteed under the FCCPA.
FCCPC further reiterated its firm commitment to ensuring that the airline’s pricing structure and consumer complaints are investigated.
“For the avoidance of doubt, let it, therefore, be noted that no amount of blackmail or cowboy tactics can stop the Commission from the ongoing thorough investigation of the allegations against Air Peace with a view to taking the appropriate action in accordance with the provisions of the FCCPA,” the commission vowed.
In other news, the Nigerian Association Of Kingian Nonviolence Practitioners has called on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to offer an apology to the management of Air Peace Airline over the disruption of its flight operations at the Sam Mbakwe airport in Owerri due to its ongoing industrial action in Imo state.
The spokesperson for the group Sixtus Nwoke who addressed reporters in Owerri on Monday said that the action of NLC and TUC was a huge national embarrassment and economic sabotage.
Nwoke, explained that NLC and TUC had to Publicly apologise to the management of Air Peace Nigeria and the Nigerian people who they disrupted their business engagements by barring flights movements in and out of Imo state.
