Passengers wey dey Abuja and Lagos bin dey stranded on Tuesday as aviation unions shut down Air Peace operations.

Dem accuse di airline sey dem dey frustrate workers wey want form union, and sey dem dey hold di ticket sales charges wey dem suppose pay to Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority.

Also, one Air Peace driver fit face prosecution afta im allegedly drive big bus go di airside during di picketing wey aviation unions do, wey ground about 70 flights on Tuesday.

Di Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority confam di matter and talk sey di driver fit face prosecution for di action wey block movement inside di airside, wey make Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria tow di vehicle comot.

NCAA Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu, talk sey dem don order make dem identify and arrest di driver.

Di NCAA publicist talk, "During di enforcement of di picketing, one driver drive big bus go runway, park am, and leave di place. We don order make dem identify and arrest di driver so im go face prosecution. How person fit block runway? Dat one no good at all. We go investigate, and di right parts of di Act go apply."

When dem ask why di driver block di runway, Air Peace spokesman, Efe Whiskey-Osifo, deny di matter, talk sey di bus neva block di runway.

Di incident happen as National Union of Air Transport Employees, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, and National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, wit support from Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, begin picketing of Air Peace. Dem dey complain sey di airline no dey remit di five percent Ticket Sales Charge, and sey dem dey frustrate workers wey want form union.

Di industrial action disrupt flights for Lagos, Abuja, and Enugu, wey make passengers stranded and ground about 70 flights. One NUATE official wey talk wit our correspondent for secret, talk sey di total TSC debt wey members of Airline Operators of Nigeria owe dey about N25bn, with Air Peace own dey about N15bn.

Di official talk, "Dere be meeting between di airline operators association. You know wetin cause di strike: TSC issues wey reach about N25bn. Di total wey AON owe na N25bn.

"Air Peace get di highest amount of N15bn, and secondly, dem dey deny airline workers di right to organise and form unions, wey be fundamental right. Dose be di two tins wey we dey fight for."

Di unions don already warn airlines three times about di alleged non-remittance of di charge, before dem decide to picket Air Peace.