Kingsley Bassey to face charges over raising false Ebola alarm
Nollywood
actor Kingsley Chris Bassey was arrested over making a false Ebola
alert, which resulted in disrupt of Arik Airline flight.
Bassey allegedly placed a hoax call to an Arik Air flight from Enugu to Lagos saying that there was a woman on the flight infected with the deadly tropical disease.
The airline later explained how
it all happened saying that “about 1.05p.m. on 29 August, a certain man
from Enugu, called the airline’s customer call centre to alert the
airline that his girlfriend who was under quarantine for the EVD had
escaped and was on board flight W3 611 from Enugu to Lagos.
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Immediately
the flight landed at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) in Ikeja,
Lagos, Arik Air’s ground staff who had been placed on alert approached
the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) medical personnel, but
the FAAN officials at GAT said they didn’t have the requisite equipment
to screen passengers for the Ebola virus symptoms.”
Thus, it became necessary to direct aircraft to the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMIA), where the woman was detained and transferred to the clinic for test. The result of Ebola test conducted on a woman came up negative. Moreover, she was not suffering from Ebola symptoms. “She then told Arik Air personnel that her boyfriend who made the malicious call from Enugu did that to smear her name because they had a misunderstanding.” The arrested actor would be charged over the false claim and flight disrupt on September 15. |
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Saturday 13 September 2014
Nollywood Actor Raises False Ebola Alarm And Gets Arrested
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