A Nigerian man with instagram handle, @vanladi has narrated how he got beaten up by security aides to Taraba State governor for challenging the govern
A Nigerian man with instagram handle, @vanladi has narrated how he got beaten up by security aides to Taraba State governor for challenging the governor who caused their flight delay.
He started out by saying,” I weep for this country and its future after my own taste of the true state of the nation today and the way we citizens are treated.
I booked an Overland flight from Jalingo in Taraba State to Abuja for 1pm today and when we all got to the airport we were told there was going to be a 30 minutes delay which we agreed to.
“We waited for two hours without any information from the airline or the airport authorities. After two hours, I and my colleagues got so hungry that we had to look for food at the closest location to the airport which is the Mammy market at the NYSC camp, Taraba State, all because the airport is at a remote location far away from the town.
“All passengers at the airport kept complaining when minutes became hours and there no sign of us taking off soon. Finally at 7pm we were called to board only for us to be delayed in the plane further. Few minutes later, the Governor of the state walks into the plane without the courtesy of apologizing for keeping us from 1pm to 7pm (6 good hours). I then walked up to him and explained.
“I said ‘Sir I am a law abiding and taxpaying citizen just like the other people on the plane whom you delayed from 1pm till now and we were not given the courtesy of an apology from the airline or from your office. This isn’t fair to us sir and I just thought I should express my grievances’ (wetin I talk bad?). Before I knew it, his aides rushed into the plane and started raining abuses on me and slapping me…dragged me out of the plane that who gave me the right to talk to ‘their governor’ that he has the right to keep all of us till tomorrow if he wants to.
“I just looked with shock. A flight that I paid for with my hard earned money fah! Well he later called them to order and told them he wanted to see me. He explained he didn’t know he kept us and I replied that his office knew and it was their job to offer apology and refreshment to us. Later I found out even the hostess and pilot had to go source for food when hunger started dealing with them.
“The painful part is that the passengers in the airport that were complaining and shouting at the airline operatives while we waited for the flight kept mute and others joined the aides in berating me for talking to ‘their Governor’. I just wonder where this nation is headed when public servants elected by the people to serve us become mini gods over the same electorate. Was I wrong with my action?”
