Photo: Is this real? Check out this seat on an Arik plane

According to twitter user @sasalam, he paid more than N20k today for seat 14F on #ArikAir W3 721. He got to the seat and viola! - No up holstery, just bare metal. He refused it and told the air hostess who just shrugged like it was something normal.
Arik Air, what is this?
New model of seats?