{"id":72766,"date":"2025-08-11T10:06:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72766"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:06:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:06:57","slug":"naape-urges-ncaa-to-lift-suspension-on-abuja-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/11\/naape-urges-ncaa-to-lift-suspension-on-abuja-pilots\/","title":{"rendered":"NAAPE Urges NCAA to Lift Suspension on Abuja Pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), has appealed to the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), to reverse the suspension of a ValueJet captain and first officer over an August 5 incident at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, involving Fuji musician Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (K1 De Ultimate).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NAAPE argued the sanctions were unjust, claiming the musician\u2019s alleged defiance of security protocols and obstruction of the aircraft triggered the confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The association said the crew, with unblemished records, were unfairly punished while the passenger faced separate legal action.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NAAPE President Galadima Abednego acknowledged the captain might have managed the situation differently but described the penalty as selective enforcement of aviation rules.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued Saturday in Lagos, he urged the NCAA to lift the suspension and conduct a thorough investigation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He reminded passengers that safety and security are paramount in aviation and warned that unruly conduct at airports will not be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NAAPE also called on ValueJet to stand by its crew, stressing the need for fairness and transparency in resolving the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado &nbsp; The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE), has appealed to the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), to reverse the suspension of a ValueJet captain and first officer over an August 5 incident at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, involving Fuji musician Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (K1 De Ultimate). &nbsp; NAAPE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":72767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72768,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72766\/revisions\/72768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}