Air Peace crew members have rejected Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau drug and alcohol test claims and threatened legal action if the report is not withdrawn within 72 hours.
An Air Peace cabin crew member, Victory Maduneme, has given the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) 72 hours to retract a report alleging she tested positive for cannabis after a July 13 runway excursion at Port Harcourt airport. Maduneme told Arise News she was “in utter shock” when she received the results 10 days after investigators collected her blood and urine samples, insisting a follow-up test conducted at a licensed clinic was “clear.” She questioned why the bureau failed to alert her airline immediately if she posed a safety risk, saying, “If not for the kindness of my chairman, they would have sacked and blacklisted me… This is pure defamation of character.”
Co-pilot David Bernard also denied NSIB’s claim that he tested positive for alcohol, arguing a breathalyser “would have been more practical” than delayed blood tests. Air Peace management said NSIB has not communicated any official findings and dismissed the allegations as a smear campaign.