Court Sentences Air Peace Passenger For Smoking Onboard

A passenger with Air Peace whose name was not revealed by
the airline has been sentenced to two weeks imprisonment for
smoking onboard last Wednesday.
The airline in a statement said that the convicted passenger
had committed the act on its Sharjah, United Arab Emirates,
flight.
A statement by the spokesperson for the airline, Stanley Olisa,
said that the court also gave the convict the option of
N200,000 fine for the offence, which he said negated
international convention.
The passenger was convicted on Tuesday, six days after he
committed the offence by the Ogba Magistrate Court in
Lagos.
According to Olisa, the passenger was discovered in the act
by one if its  crew members, Adewale Oyebade.
The airline lauded Oyebade for his safety consciousness,
stressing that this exposed the passenger secretly carrying out
the act.
He charged the flying public to make it an obligation to
comply with all established flight safety standards, adding that
such measures were meant for their well-being.