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...
The Nigerian army on friday paraded one Prince Onyemauche accused of impersonation as a Colonel in the army.Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman while parading Onyemauche before journalists at the army headquarters in Abuja said he was arrested with an automatic rifle and pistol.Usman said Onyemauche was arrested alongside one sergeant Jacob Phillip by troops of 176 Special Forces Gurads Battalion at about 12:30 in the early morning of 17th February 2016,along Wazobia Motor Park,Gwagwalada Abuja.He said after the arrest both suspects were carried to Gwagwagalada Barracks where a search on the Pick-up revealed an AK 47 Rifle,with registration number 3290 and four magazines,out of which two were loaded with 42 rounds of 7.62 ammunition.He added that ''A lugar pistol,21x 9mm Parabellium ammunition and the sum of one million,eleven thousand three hundred naira {N1,011,300.00} was found''.Usman said initial investigation revealed that Onyemauche had habitually been illegally using soldiers as escort while travelling out of Lagos to his village in Imo state and sometimes to Abuja.He said ''The three identified soldiers,including Sergeant Jacob Phillip,who travelled with the suspect without official authorization,are awaiting trial by a court martial''.Usman stated that Onyemauche would be handed over to the civil police for further investigation and prosecution. 
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