In May 2019 IOL reported that the chairman of Nigeria’s diaspora commission accused Ethiopian Airlines and EgyptAir of running drug cartels through their networks, a claim that airlines and investigators would have to answer with facts rather than slogans.
The allegation landed in a region where airport policing, customs corruption, and transit trafficking are long-running problems, and where national carriers are also symbols of state prestige.
Mereja keeps the wire as a claim-on-record file, not as a verdict. Readers should note that a political accusation is not the same as a court finding.
Kept as aviation and crime-claim archive, the May 2019 accusation dates one public clash between Nigerian diaspora politics and major African carriers.
Sources: IOL