The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has demanded justice for a Nigerian woman, Remilekun Toyosi Meshioye, who died on an Egyptair flight from Lagos to Cairo on Monday, September 4.
NIDCOM Chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in a petition to Egyptair, expressed concern over the airline’s management’s non-responsive attitude since the incident.
Dabiri-Erewa said that NIDCOM was alerted to the case by a petition from one Olufunmilola Olaniyi-Alabi, the deceased’s elder sister based in the UK.
According to Dabiri-Erewa, the Egyptair management has not contacted any member of the family or her next of kin since the incident.
“It is surprising that Egyptair management has not deemed it fit to contact any members of Remilekun family to break the sad news to them nor condole with them. It has not responded as well to NIDCOM petition since Wednesday Sept. 13, 2023,” Dabiri-Erewa said.
NiDCOM said it is demanding full disclosure of what led to the sudden death of Remilekun aboard Egyptair on that day.
Dabiri-Erewa, who condoled with the family, assured them that justice will be served in memory of Remilekun.
Remilekun, 41, who was billed for London to resume for her studies, was said to have left Lagos for London onboard Egypt Air MS 876 flight to Cairo on Monday Sept. 4, via Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, but allegedly took ill on board and brought out dead from the aircraft at Cairo International Airport.
The family, according to Mrs Olufunmilola Olaniyi-Alabi, said the Airline did not inform them, but rather they got a message from the Nigeria consular office in Cairo informing them of her death on board the flight.
“Please we need to know what exactly happened to Remilekun and how to get her corpse back to Nigeria for a peaceful burial as well as all her belongings in the custody of the airline.”
