Former Edo State governor and current senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, was at the center of a disruption at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos on Wednesday after reportedly arriving late for his flight to Abuja.
According to reports, the incident occurred at the Zulu Terminal of the General Aviation Terminal (GAT), where Oshiomhole was scheduled to board an early morning Air Peace flight set to depart at 6:30 a.m.
Eyewitnesses at the terminal alleged that upon realizing the flight had already taken off, the senator and his security detail blocked the terminal’s departure point, preventing other passengers from proceeding with their travels.
Despite repeated efforts by the terminal manager to de-escalate the situation, the senator allegedly refused to move, resulting in delays for numerous travelers and creating temporary chaos within the terminal.
It reportedly took the intervention of the regional airport manager before the standoff was resolved.
A social media user, @n6oflife6, who claimed to have witnessed the incident, wrote: “Adams Oshiomhole caused serious problems at MM1 this morning. He came late for his flight, and after the plane took off, he and his security team blocked the departure point, insisting nobody else should fly out until they sorted him out. I never see this kind of thing before.”
The post quickly sparked reactions online, with many users expressing their disapproval and sharing their experiences with flight delays and VIP interference at Nigerian airports.
As of now, there has been no official statement from the senator regarding the incident.
See some reactions below:
@Player_retiredd: “Someone they should have pushed out of the terminal.”
@GideonBalotelli: “Arriving at approximately 6:10 for a flight scheduled for 6:30 isn’t bad at all. That’s 20min b4 departure. How come the plane left already?”
@ISOKOVERYdarkma: “Apc government is cooking what we call pains and suffering for Nigerians, it’s better be wake up now and work on our INEC to remove bad leaders like this from the government, I come in peace.”
@PaolaRagnar: “I remember when I had my flight schedule for 7am. And Air peace told me plane took off at 5am Omo wtf . Not funny that day mehn.”
@Are_dion: “And here is why they have the mind to rig election, everyone stood looking no one want to die, no one want to go prison, this is totally economy lose, normally he should be arrested, this is a terrorist act. But as usual, APC Nigeria will still give Nigerians to dig lower.”
@obidient_priest: “Arrogance and misuse of power. How u go come 10 minutes to take off and you expect to board… airport runs on schedule and they don’t joke with that to avoid so many issues.”
@pdogged: “From the way everyone was just looking at him means we have already lost 2027 elections. They should start getting scared of us now. That’s how my whole polling unit with hefty men left only me to fight just 3 thugs that came to discrupt the voting.”
WATCH VIDEO:
This guy man here, Adams Oshiomhole @aoshiomhole was never an activist, he was acted throughout his showboating career pretending! pic.twitter.com/JxtwGIfQn6
— Omoyele Sowore (@YeleSowore) June 11, 2025
Moment Former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, allegedly came late at 6:20 a.m. and missed an Air Peace 6:30 a.m. Lagos to Abuja flight that departed on time, leading him to lock the terminal gate of the MMA 1 Zulu terminal😳🙆 pic.twitter.com/Wi0ZfYclzg
— CHUKS 🍥 (@ChuksEricE) June 11, 2025
