The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has accused some private aircraft owners of engaging money laundering, drug trafficking and other illegal activities with their jets
Speaking at the Ministry of Aviation in Abuja on Thursday, when he inaugurated a Ministerial Taskforce Committee to checkmate illegal chartered operations in the country the minister failed to name the airlines, he however asserted that the illegal activities have made the sector to lose billions of dollars and raised serious security concerns.
The minister further stated that some of those involved in the illegal activities are those who acquired licenses for non-commercial flight operations but went ahead against the stipulated agreement of the license.
Addressing the committee members, Keyamo mandated them to take inventory of all non-commercial flights operators, investigate all professional licenses and checkmate their authencity as well as recommend disciplinary measures against airlines found culpable.
The eight-man committee was chaired by the Chief Executive Office of Aero Contractors, Ado Sanusi, and the committee is expected to report all findings to the minister within the next three months.