Arik Airlines has filed a N20 billion suit against the federal government and Ethiopian Airlines over recent claims in the media that they were negotiating the takeover of the airline. According to News Agency of Nigeria, the suit was instituted by the airline at the Federal High Court, Lagos against Ethiopian Airlines, the Federal Ministry of Transportation and the Attorney General of the Federation. In its statement of claim supported by a 20-paragraph affidavit affirmed by Chris Ndulue, a Director with Arik Air, the plaintiff asked the court to restrain the first and second defendants from further negotiations on its takeover. The suit is yet to be assigned to any judge and no date has been fixed for hearing. AMCON had earlier denied it was in discussion with Ethiopian airlines over Arik.

Source: Ethiopian News September 11, 2017 09:56 UTC