NPP National Women’s Organiser goes berserk

Officials of privately-owned domestic airline company, 540 Airlines, on duty at the

Tamale Airport on Monday were left shaken and traumatized when the National Women’s

Organizer of the NPP, Otiko Djaba, went berserk and on rampage, damaging vital

equipment in their office because they could not get her a place on board their

Accra-bound aircraft that day.

For close to three minutes, the airline officials, shocked at the zeal with which

she went smashing items at the office, allowed her to have her way until security

officers came and bundled her out of the office.

An official of 540 Airlines who told the Daily Post that Otiko Djaba came to their

office that day brandishing one of the company’s flight tickets bearing the name of

Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, National Chairman of the party.

Ostensibly, she had attended the 7-days ceremony of the late Former Vice-President,

Aliu Mahama. Otiko is said to have told the 540 Airline officials that Jake, having

gotten a seat on a Ghana Airforce plane bound for Accra, had asked her to use his

ticket to board 540 Airline’s flight that day to Accra after she missed her own

Starbow flight earlier that morning.

However, it was explained to her that the airline does not accept the transfer of

tickets from one passenger to the other. What is usually done is a refund of the

money when ticket is returned. After this, she could buy her own ticket. However,

she was told it was too late for her to avail herself of this opportunity since the

last flight was taking off in minutes. This infuriated the NPP National Women’s

Organizer and before one could tell what was about to happen, she went berserk,

smashing items in the office and pushing some of the officials around.

Stunned officials of the airline managed to inform their security personnel who came

to bundle her out.Sources say later on, some NPP officials arrived at the offices of

the airline pleading with those present not to talk to the press about the incident

and apologizing on behalf of Otiko Djaba for her conduct.