The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, on Friday, reiterated that the fate of fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde, popularly known as K1 de Ultimate or KWAM 1, will have to be decided by the Attorney General of the Federation and the Inspector General of Police, to whom petitions against the musicians have been submitted.
The NCAA spokesman, Michael Achimugu, stated this in an interview with Saturday Beats in response to KWAM1’s public apology following his controversial face-off with officials of the ValueJet Airline at the local wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
In a personally signed statement shared with Saturday Beats on Friday, KWAM1 described the incident as “unfortunate”, adding that it was not his intention to cause any disruption or violate aviation protocols in any way.
The airport altercation was captured in a video that went viral on Wednesday, with KWAM1 seen in a seeming attempt to obstruct the plane’s take-off.
The incident drew widespread public backlash, with the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, and the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority slamming a six-month flying ban on the singer.
The pilots involved in the incident were also suspended and placed under investigation.
The NCAA also, on Thursday, said it had written a petition to the Attorney General of the Federation and the Inspector General of Police, demanding KWAM1’s probe and prosecution.
The singer, however, in a video circulated online on Friday afternoon, apologised for his actions.
When asked for the NCAA’s next line of action following KWAM1’s apology, the spokesman said he had not seen the apology.
He, however, stressed that the NCAA lacks the authority to prosecute the matter, adding that, “We have referred the case to the Inspector General of Police and the Attorney General of the Federation, who are better positioned to determine and communicate the next steps.”
On his part, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Keyamo, in a response to Saturday Beats, said though he had seen KWAM1’s apology on social media, the matter would have to be deliberated upon.
“We have just seen this (apology) on social media like everyone else. We have not had the opportunity to deliberate on it,” Keyamo wrote in a WhatsApp message to our correspondent.
Meanwhile, when asked if the police had received the petition written by the NCAA against KWAM1, the Force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, said he needed to check the police records.
He promised to get back, but he had yet to do so at the time of filing this report, and subsequent calls placed to his mobile line rang out.
