Ebonyi Airport Now Used for Church Services, No Commercial Flights — Otu

The spokesperson for the Ebonyi Civil Society Coalition Group, Charles Otu, has alleged that the Chuba Okadigbo International Airport in Ebonyi State is now being used by a church for midweek and Sunday worship services.

Otu also claimed that, apart from private chartered flights allegedly used by Governor Francis Nwifuru and his wife, no commercial flights are currently operating from the airport.

He made the claims while speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Thursday.

“It is good you remembered the airport because I would have forgotten it,” Otu said.

According to him, a church has taken over part of the airport facility and uses it for Sunday and midweek services.

“A church has taken over that airport and is using that airport for Sunday and midweek services. The airport has become a worship centre,” he alleged.

Otu further claimed that the only flights currently using the facility were private chartered flights, which he alleged were used by the governor and his wife.

“As we speak, if you doubt, we are going to forward the videos to you because we saw the video trend online some time ago that apart from private chartered flights, which land the governor and the wife at public costs, no other private individual, no other flight, no commercial flight is landing on that airport,” he said.

Describing the alleged development as unfortunate, Otu said the situation reflected the current state of operations at the airport.

He added, “A church has ingloriously, unfortunately, shamelessly, I mean, I don’t know how to describe it, taken over that airport and is using that airport for church service, as we speak. That is the correct state of affairs in that airport.”