MARISSA BODE WAS 'DENIED BOARDING A FLIGHT BECAUSE I'M DISABLED. (PHOTO).
Marissa Bode was 'denied boarding a flight because I'm disabled' Marissa Bode, best known for her role in Wicked, shared on TikTok that she was recently denied boarding a Southern Airways flight because of her wheelchair. She explained that when she asked gate agents for help locating her boarding pass, they questioned whether she could stand. After she said no, they told her she could not board since all of the airline’s planes require passengers to climb stairs. Bode described the experience as “blatant segregation,” criticizing the airline for failing to accommodate disabled travelers. Southern Airways’ contract of carriage states that passengers must be able to ascend and descend steps to board, and because its planes carry fewer than 28 passengers, the airline is exempt from providing lifts under the Air Carrier Access Act. However, Bode said her manager had confirmed with the airline beforehand that she would be accommodated, making the denial even mo...
An election was conducted by the traders under their registered Union where Comrade Kingsley Ogunor emerged as the Chairman and the President of the Central body called Ladipo Auto Central Executive Committee,LACEC.However,Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High Court Lagos,nullified the election and ordered Ogunor and his executive not to parade themselves as leaders of the market union.The judgment followed the suit filed by aggrieved members of the union over the outcome of the election.The suit was filed by Leonard Onwughalu and others against Kingsley Ogunor and his executives.The plaintiffs asked the court to declare as follows,that the activities carried out by the defendants outside the union's constitution as registered with the Corperate Affairs Commission were unconstitutional,illegal,null and void.That the election and assumption of office by the defendants as executives of the union was unconstitutional,null and void.An order to dissolve the executives and appoint board of trustees of the union to operate and direct the affairs of the union and to conduct a new election.All the reliefs sought by the plaintiffs were granted by justice Yunusa.Following the judgment,defeated contestant on LACEC presidential election,Felix Okoro has given notice to LACEC,BOT,his intention to take over as the president of LACEC with seven days.
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