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Indicted Air Peace CEO May Become Nigeria’s Next President?!

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 20, 2020November 14, 2023 4 Comments

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I have not written about Air Peace before, but the Nigerian-based airline has been mired in controversy since its inception, with a questionable safety record and dodgy practices from its founder, chairman, and CEO. Sounds like the perfect transition into a political career…

Air Peace CEO Denies Political Ambitions

The United People of Nigeria Initiative (UPNI), a political organization in Nigeria, apparently circulated a poster endorsing Air Peace founder and CEO Allen Ifechukwu Athan Onyema for the Nigerian Presidency in 2023.

Onyema swiftly denied being involved with the organization, denied having any political aspirations, and even went so far as issue a press release on Twitter from Air Peace condemning the unwanted endorsement:

a white paper with text on it

Onyema is “a businessman and not a politician” and adds his “purpose is to impact humanity and I do not have to be President first before I can continue with what has become part of my essence.” He’s offended by the endorsement and “very suspicious” of the motives of the organization.

Onyema is also under indictment in the United States for bank fraud and money laundering. In short, he set up a fake airline leasing company in the state of Georgia, then used falsified aircraft acquisition documents to launder money through the shell company to personal accounts.

You can read the full U.S. Department of Justice press release on his case here.

CONCLUSION

Onyema’s denial sounds like the perfect launch of a political career.

I may be off, but Onyema reminds me of another former airline founder…watch this most revealing clip below if you have a few minutes…

image: Air Peace

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

4 Comments

  1. Billy Bob Reply
    April 20, 2020 at 12:50 pm

    Corruption in Nigeria??? Say it isn’t so, Joe!

  2. globetrotter Reply
    April 20, 2020 at 4:11 pm

    Shelter at home enables me to read and watch documentaries about Trump dated back in the 1980s. Politicians, news media networks and newspapers, government enforcement agencies, and TV personalities are all culpable in emboldening and empowering Trump to where he is today. Oprah asked Trump if he would like to run for Presidency. Her two TV proteges, Drs. Phil and Oz are now a woodo quack doctors in COVID 19 crisis, granted Phil is not a medical dr. .Cuomo pulled a plug on the case that the SDNY office was ready to prosecute Ivanka for deceptive ads selling Trump property in Panama, before his reelection campaign received max donation from Trump. Three NY & NJ enforcement agencies declined to shut down Trump casino in Atlantic City and building permits in NYC, in contrast to no NY/ US major banks lent him loans. No billionaires wanted to join business ventures with Trump, after watching other fellow billionaire being sued by him. NBC is the most corrupt, before the rise of Fox TV, to pop Trump up and shield him and other male executives and TV anchor/ producers in MeToo movement. CNN is now Trump’s most hated TV news cable because of its CEO Zucker, who used to work as NBC executive, who continues to hire Trump’s bootlickers as contributors to peddle lies and deception. But Trump alone cannot be at his climax today without his enablers. The most powerful enabler is the Republican Party and Fox TV. Roger Ailes, Laura Ingraham, Bill Barr, Kavanaugh, etc… all worked under Reagan and Bush Sr. administrations. Michael Cohen is one of the less than a hand full people alive who know Trump best and his testimony in the House was ” Trump is a con man”. As for the record to triumph Trump’s business acumen: Atlantic casino, Trump airplane, Trump University, Eastern Airline, Trump golf courses at home and abroad, etc…He will bankrupt US the way he did to his businesses but at higher intensity and deeper adversity and consequences.
    We had heard and were warned of Nigerian pyramid scheme. Nearly half the US population is brainwashed and corrupted by his cult leadership like India, Philippines, Brazil and numerous African countries. Knowledge is power. But power will diverge into achieving advance goals and exerting corrupt intents. Power is dangerously toxic and contagious.

  3. Levi Reply
    April 21, 2020 at 8:56 am

    Mathew is an infantile wanna be commentator, who hasn’t successfully managed anything in his life, but who will gloatfully use the free internet to type away articles with far away subjects. The entire poorly written article smirks of a drug induced stupor, replete with imagery of grandeur and racism. The subject of the article heads an organization that employs more than 3000 people with a fleet of more than 26 aircrafts. Non of the aircrafts has crashed in the past. Airpeace is a reliable airline in the West African region with connections to China, India, Europe, Southern Africa and Ethiopia. Yet, an infant so-called commentor is spewing slander on the internet over his dose of self inflicted stupor.

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