The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) today suspended flight operations of Air Nigeria, the troubled airline owned by controversial moneybag, Jimoh Ibrahim with immediate effect.
FIRS on wednesday filed charges of evading five years tax payment of N4.86 billion naira and forgery of Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) against Air Nigeria.
Ibrahim, the company’s chairman; Kinfe Kahssaye, Managing Director; and Air Nigeria Development Company Limited (formerly Virgin Nigeria Airways Ltd), were joined in the 10-count charge.
The suit comes barely 48 hours after the service arrested Kahssaye in Lagos on Monday.
He was flown to Abuja same day and detained by the service and released on Tuesday afternoon.
The airline was accused by a former staff of skipping critical maintenance of its fleet as the owner diverts funds meant for maintenance to other businesses.