Court Backs FCCPC’s Power to Probe Air Peace Over Ticket Pricing

A court has ruled that the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) acted lawfully in investigating Air Peace over airfare complaints — another legal defeat for the airline in its long-running pushback against the regulator.

The ruling affirms the FCCPC’s authority to investigate consumer complaints and examine pricing practices in the aviation sector.

The dispute has been closely watched because it tests the boundary between commercial pricing freedom and consumer-protection oversight in Nigeria’s domestic airline market.

For passengers, the decision strengthens the principal channel for challenging what they consider exploitative fare practices.

For the wider business community, it signals that sector regulators’ investigative powers are holding up under judicial scrutiny.

Source: The News