Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is facing another petition for allegedly traveling with passengers using fake identities.
The petition, dated July 12, 2026, was submitted to the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, and copied to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The petition was written by someone who identified himself as a concerned employee in Nigeria’s aviation industry and requested an urgent investigation into what he described as repeated breaches of aviation security, regulatory compliance and passenger safety involving Obi and a female passenger.
According to the petitioner, the passenger, described as one of Obi’s media aides, had previously been banned by Air Peace because of repeated misconduct and confrontations at airports.
The petition also claimed that the woman allegedly continued flying on the airline using different names after the ban, with Obi allegedly accompanying her on several occasions.
It alleged that despite the airline’s restrictions, Obi allegedly made arrangements that enabled the passenger to continue travelling under different identities.
The petition stated, “Despite this restriction, Peter Obi made arrangements repeatedly for this media thug to continue travelling under a different name in order to circumvent the airline’s decision.
“Such conduct by him undermines aviation security, compromises passenger identification procedures, and interferes with our airline’s ability to enforce lawful safety measures.”
According to the petitioner, airport staff were repeatedly prevented from carrying out proper identity checks whenever Obi travelled with the passenger.
“Every time we stop her, he prevents us from checking her identity, even after she is reported by our staff on ground. Evidence of these flight tickets have also been attached as he is even on some of the Passenger Name Record, PNR,” the petition added.
