Human rights activist and lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has offered the reason the Federal Government pardoned the unruly Ibom Air passenger, Comfort Emmanson.
While disclosing this in a statement, the human rights activist stated that the government withdrew the case against the female passenger after it refused to charge top musician Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, also known as KWAM 1, with the requisite criminal offences.
He alleged that the government has lost the moral right to prosecute any unruly passenger who commits an offence at any of the nation’s airports.
Falana criticized the government for accepting KWAM 1’s apology and pardoning him without allowing the police to finalize its investigation.
“Since citizens have equal rights, obligations, and opportunities before the law, the Federal Government will henceforth be accused of subjecting any unruly passenger to discriminatory treatment on the ground that KWAM 1 was ‘pardoned’ without any criminal trial whatsoever,”said Falana.
