13:27 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nLiberia’s Vice-President Joseph Boakai has demanded an apology after being searched by a US airline, his spokesman has said.<\/p>\n
Sam Stevekuoah said US Delta Air Lines searched Mr Boakai before he boarded a recent flight from Liberia to the US.<\/p>\n
He said Mr Boakai had been on an official trip and found the search unacceptable.<\/p>\n
“Delta will not be allowed to run the government of Liberia or dictate to it,” Mr Stevekuoah added.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s Jonathan Paye-Layleh in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, says Mr Boakai’s treatment by Delta Airlines has sparked heated debate among callers to local radio stations.<\/p>\n
‘Stepchild’<\/span><\/p>\nSome callers defended the airline while others felt that it showed US arrogance, our reporter says.<\/p>\n
Prominent economist Sam Jackson said the vice-president’s treatment suggested that the US still saw Liberia, founded as a colony of freed American slaves, as its “stepchild”.<\/p>\n
Mr Stevekuah said Mr Boakai met Delta Air Lines officials to discuss his treatment and they gave him a verbal apology.<\/p>\n
However, he was not satisfied and was pressing for a written apology, Mr Stevekuah said.<\/p>\n
Our reporter says Delta Air Lines has issued a statement saying the search was carried out in accordance with US safety and transport policies.<\/p>\n
It said Mr Boakai had not been exempted because his office had not properly arranged the trip with the airline.<\/p>\n
Mr Boakai flew to New York to attend a UN meeting.<\/p>\n
He agreed to the search at the time because the trip was “more important than what had happened to him”, Mr Stevekuoah said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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