President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja, the nation’s capital, on Monday for a trip to Paris, France, his spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, said in a statement on Sunday night. It would be the president’s first time aboard a new presidential jet.
Mr Ngelale did not disclose how long Mr Tinubu would stay in France or what his engagements would be during that period. He only said the President would return to Nigeria “after his brief work stay” in that European country.
PREMIUM TIMES, however, learnt that Mr Tinubu’s Monday trip to Paris would be his first aboard Nigeria’s new presidential jet, which sources said landed at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja, at 8:30 p.m on Sunday.
The aircraft was received by officials of Nigeria’s Presidential Air Fleet, led by their commander, Olayinka Olusola, an air vice marshal.
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