Worried by the lack of response of EgyptAir management on the death of a Nigerian, Ms Remilekun Toyosi Meshioye, aboard the airline on September 4, 2023, the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has demanded for justice from the airline.
In a letter she personally signed and was delivered by the commission’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun to Mr Majdi Al Aridi, the General Manager of the airline in Abuja office, she described the sudden death of Remilekun as sad and painful.
Dabiri-Erewa in the petition stated that Remilekuni’s case was drawn to the attention of NIDCOM in a petition sent by Mrs Olufunmilola Olaniyi-Alabi, her elder sister based in United Kingdom on behalf of the family to the commission.
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She said that since the death of Remilekun aboard the airline from Lagos to Cairo, the management of the EgyptAir had not deemed it fit to contact any member of the family or her next of kin as contained in her particulars before boarding the aircraft.
“It is surprising that EgyptAir management has not deemed it fit to contact any members of Remilekun family to break the sad news to them or condole with them. It has not responded as well to NIDCOM petition since Wednesday Sept. 13, 2023,” the statement reads in part.
On behalf of the family and the Federal Government of Nigeria, the commission is demanding for full disclosure that led to the sudden death of Ms. Remilekun Toyosi Meshioye aboard Egyptair on that fateful day.
Dabiri-Erewa, who has since condoled the family and prayed for the repose of the soul of the deceased, assured them that justice would be served in memory of Remilekun.
Remilekun, 41, who was billed for London to resume for her studies, was said to have left Lagos for London onboard Egypt Air MS 876 flight to Cairo on Monday September 4, via Murtala Muhammad International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, but allegedly took ill on board and brought out dead from the aircraft at Cairo International Airport.
The family, according to Mrs Olufunmilola Olaniyi-Alabi, said the airline didn’t inform them, but rather they got a message from the Nigeria consular office in Cairo informing them of her death on board the flight.
“Please we need to know what exactly happened to Remilekun and how to get her corpse back to Nigeria for a peaceful burial as well as all her belongings in the custody of the airline.”
