The Vice President of the Aviation Union, Chris Omagbemi has revealed that the protest which rocked the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Thursday did not go as planned as it was not designed to affect all flights from the airport.
According to Omagbemi, the original plan was to stop only flights to Owerri, the Imo State capital.
He added that there was a mix-up during implementation on Thursday.
He however, confirmed that their action was in protest against the maltreatment of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero in Owerri last week.
According to him, though Thursday’s protest didn’t go entirely according to plan, they would block the airport again today (Friday) and stop all flights to Owerri.
“The plan was to stop all flights going to Owerri, but we had some mixed up. Tomorrow there would not be any blockage at the airport but we will stop all flights to Owerri” he told Nigerian Tribune in a phone conversation.