Passengers have to deal with many emotions while traveling in Nigeria
*Upon my return from Rio+20 I started to make public demands of my ipad from Arik Air like I promised I would after giving them an ultimatum to find my ipad by Monday last week. They wrote to me to give them more time which I did. They have since cooled since even though I sents letters to say my hands would be forced to start #arikwhereismyipad all over again. This is the last letter I sent them and it here marks the beginning of an end I do not know but I don’t intend to blink until I either get my ipad or justice gets done one way or the other. I have the letter here unedited.
“Greetings,
Again I was atthe police station today and the outcomes are not at all in line with myexpectations. To get a police report, I’d have to wait for the police to startand finish its investigation into what transpired. Considering the averageduration of police investigations in Nigeria, that is a route I will neversubscribe to. If this is Arik Air’s way of delaying the process of justice, I amnot about to buy into it. I have my own expectations and I intend to doeverything within the sphere of morality to get justice the right way.
With the policerequesting me to come over again on Monday 2nd July, what I expected to be aone-off attempt at getting a police report as you requested is obviously goingthe path of delayed justice as it is often the case here. I do not have thetime to wake up every morning to report at the police station. The opportunitycost of that is my productivity. I cannot be deprived of my tool ofproductivity and then willingly subject myself to more deprivation. I expect myipad on or before Monday 2nd July, 2012. By Tuesday 3rd July morning, if I donot have my ipad with me or an indication that it is available to be picked up,my hands would then have been forced to make demands of my ipad publicly. I havebeen collating internet materials on similar experiences of passengers on ArikAir and I now have quite a glut. This will be added to the ones I directlyreceived from individuals who have similar tales Arik Air’s lack ofprofessionalism.
By Wednesday ofthe same week, I will make a formal report at the Consumers Protection Council whilealso publishing the contents of my research efforts and emails. It does notmatter to me how much this affects your brand, it matters to me that peopleknow that a certain airline should not be trusted with their luggage. I will dothis for as long as it takes you to get my ipad or to accept responsibility forit in other ways. If we never come to that realisation, I’d let go of my ipadby the end of July and dedicate my media presence to demanding justice formaltreated passengers on Arik Air.
I have outlinedall of these to make you prepare for everything. I am just a small Nigerian boybut I will show how far “small” can go sometimes. Let me also state that theabove stated actions are a phase, I will go international and add othermeasures if the above fail. After July, returning my ipad would not be enoughto stop my onslaught. Next time, you will learn to employ staff members who arenot thieves and who are not too quick to threaten passengers with arrestbecause they voice their angst at being deprived of their belongings. If nothingat all, I would have built an advocacy for consumer rights over this and then I’dbe fulfilled even for losing an ipad albeit one that contains vital materialsand creative work.
Thank you verymuch for reading through. For the sake of my time and the distraction it willcause your organisation, I pray Monday ends all of these. If not, we will bothhave to do what we have to. Thank you.”
#ArikWhereIsMyIpad is back!
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This is becoming something else. The whole system is infected and infested with bad and evil practices. JJ…we’re solidly behind u BUT also watch your back pls.
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Gen gen!!!! The battle don start!!
@omojuwa, no length is too far to demand justice, more so the ipad is yours, from your sweat, your hard earn kobos not from the loots. Go ahead bro , tweetland is solidly behind you.
Arik messed with the wrong person this time around. Omojuwa even if you get your i-pad back I beg you to still go the whole hog and publish the stories of other victims from your investigation so we all know the flaws in Ariks’ sytem. Remember passengers who boarded the Dana aircraft before its ill-fated crash. If only they had spoken out about it’s malfunction, June 3rd may not have been memorable for a sad reason. All the best!
Simple enuff bt d message is pass!! A rattle snake wud b jealous of d venom ds carries with its simplicity!! JJ, I am learnin gr8ly frm u n arik shd walk or fall! #ArikWhereIsMyIpad
It’s so sad. Why shud a big air company like Arik allow this 2 happen & on many occasions too. They shud call all staff on duty on dat date 4 scrutiny & put up a measure dat this doesn’t happen again. But if staff r paid 2 do this by outsiders 4 d sake of getting information from outspoken Nigerians thro thier devices,then too bad. Let El Rufia’s ipad b returned,pls 2 avoid many happenings.
Imagine wot normally happens to lesser mortals in this society called Nigeria,Arik must return ur Ipad or else the whole world would see their yansh
It’s so sad dt I as a person do not know what to say. Ds theft issue is an age long thing dt must stop anyhow. Afterall we are not all thieves. If God wants to use someone like u to stop d ills in ds society, I support solidly. Ride on!!
My cousin traveled to the UK 4 her wedding shopping, unfotunatly she had to come back with arik air, they opened up her bags stole most of the important things in her stuff, no apology, they are thieves
Hello, I don’t mean to deflate the vibe here…i don’t also know the full story of this particular case. However, some of the comments seem to suggest that Arik handles baggages. This is not really the case as airport staff are responsible for this. That said, I think if airline staff are directly responsible for loss of your property they should be held to account.
Pls do I and my family are behind you.
@ bababobo, though everybody is entitled to his opinion, but the fact remains that @omojuwa boarded Arik air and and it was Arik air tag that is on his luggage and not airport staff, so Arik should deal with it let them take responsibility.
Government stolen money founded Arik, am not surprise they are behaving like that, just like government they don’t have a worthwhile brand and they are shameless.
For all it’s worth spead the evil deed till it breaks them someday. at least let the world know