The United States of America's justice department, this Friday, charged the CEO of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, with fraud and money laundering for moving over $20m from Nigeria to US bank accounts and using fake documents for buying airplanes.
The charges were brought by the Attorney Office of the state of Georgia in Atlanta. Air Peace's chief of administration and finance, Ejiroghene Eghagha, is also charged with the same offences for his role.
Air Peace CEO has called a press briefing and vehemently denies any wrong doing while emphasising that the money involved was transferred via the Central Bank Nigeria.
This is a big deal coming on the heels of the magnanimous gesture of the CEO in the wave of the recent xenophobic attack of Nigerians in South Africa when Air Peace airlifted over 300 Nigerians returnees free of charge.
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