JIMOH IBRAHIM TURNS RICHARDS BRANSON

Call him the controversial Lawyer turned business magnate and you won’t be stoned in the market square. Jimoh Ibrahim has been known with a lot of brands and most times they always meddle in controversies. One thing this man does that some admire is he knows the fact that no one else can sell your product better than you so he always steps into the murky water of the media any time any of his many business concerns are taken to the media altar for slaughter. This is exactly like Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson , the English born business mogul and Chairman of the Virgin Group which also has an Air Line, Virgin Atlantic Airways. His net worth as at 2011 is $ 4.2 Billion. Recently after the tragic crash of the DANA Air Plane, a former topshot of Air Nigeria, one of Jimoh Ibrahim’s companies, came out and alarmed Nigerians about the risk in flying any of Jimoh Ibrahim’s planes. Apparently this didn’t go down well with this multi billionaire who immediately took the ex-staff to the cleaners. He had to reassure all Nigerians that his planes are air worthy. In his words:” that DANA Air plane crashed doesn’t mean that another brand will crash, the crashed plane was due for servicing before it took off. I am too sure that Air Nigeria  is very safe! We are a member of IATA, International Air Transport Association and we also are a member of IOSA, IATA Operational Safety Audits which is responsible for checking the maintenance records of all the planes. If we are not safe, they would have indicated. It’s not about the age of the plane but the maintenance records of the planes” he concluded. The fact that NCAA has suspended Air Nigeria’s operating license shows that controversy-prone Jimoh may have been economical with the truth