Keyamo Accepts Offer to Pay Peter Obi’s ₦25,000 Airport Fine

 Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development has accepted
an offer by one Mr. Nnaemeka Ikerionwu to offset the N25,000 fine imposed on
the Presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi
for allegedly violating airport parking regulations.

 

Recall that Keyamo had given Peter Obi, a seven-day
ultimatum, to publicly apologise to airport officials and pay a N25,000 fine
for allegedly violating parking regulations at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International
Airport, Abuja.

Keyamo’s remark followed Obi’s viral podcast interview where
he alleged that he might not survive to contest the 2027 presidential election,
citing what he described as a pattern of harassment against him and his
associates.

The former governor of Anambra State specifically claimed
that his vehicle was clamped at the Abuja airport while other vehicles parked
in the same area were left untouched.

Clearing that air, Keyamo dismissed the claim by publishing
a CCTV footage revealing the moment the parking regulation was allegedly
violated.

The development triggered a widespread reaction across the
country, with supporters of the NDC presidential candidate accusing the
government of politically persecuting their Obi ahead of the January elections.

However, in a letter shared on X by a public affairs
commentator, @Onsogbu, Ikerionwu tendered apology to the Minister and offered
to the pay the fine on behalf of Obi.

Reacting, Keyamo urged him to “proceed to see the Director
of Commercial and Business Development for the Federal Airports Authority of
Nigeria, FAAN and he will be directed on the mode of payment of the fine for
the offender”.

Keyamo claimed that the ministry bursted Peter Obi’s bubble
by revealing the airport incident, stating that next time the NDC candidate
should think twice before making claims.

“Now that we have burst his bubble, next time, @PeterObi
should think twice before making outlandish claims of being targeted at our
airports or anywhere for that matter in order to get ‘sympathy votes’.

“Nigerians have become too politically savvy to fall for
such cheap political gimmicks from presidential candidates that emerged from
miracle centres”, he added.

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