Anambra: Air Peace didn’t pay N100m for aircraft facility — Igwe Emeka

By Vincent Ujumadu

AWKA — The radical of Umueri assemblage successful Anambra East Local Government Area person denied claims that the Chairman of Air Peace Airlines, Chief Allen Onyema, paid the assemblage ₦100 cardinal for a projected Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) installation astatine the state-owned Chinua Achebe International Cargo Airport.

In a connection titled “Umueri Community Sets the Record Straight,” the accepted ruler of Umueri, Igwe Bennett Emeka, said the assemblage ne'er allocated immoderate onshore to Chief Onyema and described the reports circulating connected societal media arsenic mendacious and misleading.

According to the monarch, “The mendacious claims allege that Chief Onyema decided to tract his ₦32 cardinal MRO installation successful Lagos due to the fact that the section assemblage refused to supply onshore for the project, adjacent aft helium had paid them ₦100 cardinal for the purpose. The Umueri assemblage categorically states that these claims are mendacious and misleading.”

He explained that the Umueri assemblage cooperated afloat with the Anambra State Government successful establishing the Chinua Achebe International Airport, which is located astatine Ivite-Umueri. The airport, officially launched successful 2017 and inaugurated for commercialized operations successful October 2021, serves respective neighbouring states.

Igwe Emeka clarified that the authorities authorities acquired the full airdrome onshore successful 4 tons — A, B, C, and D — and aboriginal released Parcel D to the Umueri community.

He said, “We are alert that Chief Onyema applied for onshore to physique an MRO installation astatine the airport, and his exertion was approved by the past Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, who besides approved different information of onshore for the Nigerian Air Force. The onshore allocated to Chief Onyema sits adjacent to the Cargo Apron and Control Tower, wrong Parcel A acquired by the authorities government.”

The monarch stressed that astatine nary constituent did Umueri assemblage request oregon person immoderate wealth from the Air Peace chairman, arsenic the onshore successful question belongs to the state.

“It is not existent that Chief Onyema paid the Umueri assemblage ₦100 million. We ne'er allocated immoderate onshore to him. The Anambra State Government did. We, therefore, cannot person demanded oregon received immoderate outgo from him,” Igwe Emeka stated.

He added that the assemblage has documentary grounds to disprove the allegations and is consenting to marque them disposable to applicable authorities and the public.

Reaffirming Umueri’s committedness to supporting improvement initiatives, Igwe Emeka urged the nationalist to disregard the mendacious claims and admit the community’s continued concern with the authorities authorities to beforehand economical maturation and advancement successful Anambra State.

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