Presidency: Air Peace Owner, Allen Onyema Dismisses Presidential Ambition

By Akinwale Kasali

Allen Onyema, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Air Peace Airline, has debunked speculations about his alleged Presidential ambition come 2023.

Onyema insisted that he is a businessman, who is not nursing any political ambition as is being speculated.

He said his humanitarian gestures stem from his desire to give back to society as his own contribution to humanity and Corporate Social responsibility and not a fillip to aspire to any political office.

Reacting to an Online Post that the United People of Nigeria Initiative, UPNI, has endorsed him for Nigeria’s Presidency come 2023, Onyema said it is all mere speculation as he has never nursed any ambition of running for any political office and, is comfortable being a businessman that he his.

Onyema said the endorsement by UPNI was made in bad taste.

He, however, disowned those behind the campaign and urged them to desist from it.

In a statement, Onyema said, “My attention has been drawn to an online poster by a group that goes by the name United People of Nigeria Initiative (UPNI) endorsing me for Nigeria’s presidency in 2023. One Sir Wealthson Chukwudi was exposed on the poster as President of the group.

“I wish to state clearly that this man, UPNI and its promoters are not known to me directly or remotely and whatever they are saying has not come from me and will never come from me. I am a businessman and not a politician.

“My purpose is to impact humanity and I do not have to be President first before I can continue with what has become part of my essence. This is my nature. My motivations are different.

“I call on the public to completely ignore this group and any other group or person/s that may come up with such message and mischief about me in future. I, personally, feel very offended by it all.

“I am very suspicious of the motive behind this unsolicited publication. Once again, I am not interested in partisan politics”, Onyema concluded.