Nigerian Woman, Queen Obioma Sues United Airlines For Racially Kicking Her Out Of Flight

A Nigerian woman is taking United Airlines to court, alleging that the carrier racially discriminated against her by removing her from her flight at Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport after a fellow passenger complained that she had a “pungent” odour.

On May 11, Queen Obioma filed a federal discrimination suit in Texas, stating that she and her children were wrongfully kicked off a flight headed to San Francisco on March 4, 2016, the second leg of a three-flight trip from Lagos, Nigeria, to Ontario, Canada, where her kids attend school, the Houston Chronicle reports.

According to the lawsuit, Obioma boarded the plane and found a white male passenger sitting in her assigned business class seat, from which he refused to move. When a flight attendant failed to resolve the conflict as the man continued to refuse to move to his own assigned seat, Obioma agreed to take his spot.

Obioma went to the restroom before takeoff and returned to find the man blocking her from accessing the seat for several minutes. The mother then alleged that a United staffer, identified as Russel H., instructed her to step off the plane, where she was informed by another United agent that the pilot requested that she exit as the man causing trouble complained that she was “pungent” and did not feel comfortable flying with her.

Shaken, Obioma had her children removed from the flight as well, and the family made their connection five hours later. A frequent flyer member of United’s Star Alliance programme, Obioma said the airline discriminated against her because she was black, African and Nigerian.

United returned Fox News’ request for comment with the following statement:

“We have not yet been served with this suit and due to the pending litigation involved in this matter, we’re unable to provide further comment,” spokesman for the airline said, in an emailed statement.

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Posted: at 13-05-2018 10:23 AM (5 years ago) | Addicted Hero

love thyself, have we forgotten the slave trade, or colonial masters, do we think everything is okay and we should depend on our former colonial masters, or we prefer to wait for the gods, its time to think everything is possible by Nigerians especially the young GENERATIONS, must aspire to master the economy and how to grow to produce things, become manufacturers, become great.

Posted: at 13-05-2018 12:31 PM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac

we don't need the approver of others, what we need is to do the right thing, to master our world, to be great because we do great things, to dream beyond the limits, to make the world a better place. I don't care about racism, because we are more than that.

Posted: at 13-05-2018 12:37 PM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Hmmmm nah waaa

Posted: at 13-05-2018 02:08 PM (5 years ago) | Hero

 

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Posted: at 13-05-2018 11:56 PM (5 years ago) | Hero

Haba...... nawa

Posted: at 14-05-2018 09:48 AM (5 years ago) | Gistmaniac