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Unemployed pilots give foreign pilots 28-day ultimatum

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    A group of unemployed pilots, under the name of the Association of Unemployed Pilots in Nigeria, has told foreign pilots to leave the country within 28 days or else their lives could be endangered, ‘Today’ newspaper reported.

    The Association issued the ultimatum in a letter dated 18 October, titled “Warning to all foreign pilots in Nigeria”, and sent to aviation companies including Bristow Helicopters, Pan Africa, Harka, Chanchangi and Bellview, according to ‘Today’.

    It said there were over 300 qualified but jobless Nigerian pilots.

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