Presidential jet departs UK after three months
-Ojo Oluwasegun
The Nigerian Presidential Jet assigned to President Muhammad Buhari has reportedly taken off from the Stansted airport where it has been parked for the past three months.
According to reliable sources, the Presidential jet is confirmed to have taken off from Stansted on Tuesday evening.
Though it is not confirmed if the pilots are simply engaging in activity in order to cloak the return date of the President or if indeed the President is on his way back to Nigeria after over 80 days in London for medical treatment.
The Presidential spokesmen contacted by reporters denied the President had actually been airlifted from London. However, The Herald reported yesterday that staff of Aso Villa had been put on standby for the President’s imminent return.
It was also revealed by an aide to the First Lady that Mrs. Buhari would return on Wednesday. However, it is unlikely that the Presidential Jet was scrambled to ferry her back to Abuja, the nation’s capital.
Recall that the idle presence of the Presidential jet in London for close to three months had caused quite a stir in the country over the last two months, as many Nigerians queried why the Presidency would expend such exorbitant funds in housing the Jet in a London airport where it would undoubtedly incur substantial charges.
However, the Presidency reacted to the outrage by releasing a statement wherein he assured Nigerians that the Jet was attracting discounted charges and that the prestige of the President warranted its presence in London.
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