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Security agents probe death threats to foreign pilots

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    Security agents have begun investigating the ultimatum issued to foreign pilots working for domestic airlines by a group which calls itself the Unemployed Pilots Association of Nigeria (UPAN), ‘The Guardian’ reported on Thursday.

    The investigators will try to unmask the leaders of the faceless UPAN, which warned foreign pilots by letter on 18 October to leave the country within 28 days or risk losing their lives.

    Some foreign pilots said on Wednesday they had no plans to leave the country and blamed the unemployment of Nigerian pilots on the grounding of Nigeria Airways, according to ‘The Guardian’.

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