Cross River State government has dismissed an alleged Airpeace flight carrying 35 Americans that is to make a purported landing at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport on Monday evening.
Dismissing the report, Special Adviser to Governor on Media& Publicity, Christian Ita, in a statement on Tuesday that there was arrangement in place for the flight to come but the governor refused.
He said: “While there was indeed a curious arrangement to have the flight come to Calabar, His Excellency, Governor Ben Ayade, however, refused outright to allow the airline fly into the state in line with his order to restrict flights as well as other cross border movements on land, air and sea.”
“The Ayade administration cannot compromise the safety of its citizens, no matter how tempting the prospects. The purported air peace flight never came to Calabar.
Newsmen reports that there were reservations for the foreigners at Tinapa Business & Leisure Resort, Calabar.
But the authorities insisted that the American must be tested either in Abuja or Lagos before they are allowed entrance into the state.
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