Buhari’s Aircraft Barred From Landing At Makurdi Airport
A chartered aircraft conveying former Head of State and All
Progressive Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari (rtd)
and his entourage, was Wednesday allegedly denied landing rights by the authorities
of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, in Makurdi, Benue State.
Vanguard gathered from a reliable source that Gen. Buhari,
alongside his entourage, was travelling from Bayelsa State to Makurdi to woo
delegates of his party ahead of the APC delegates congress scheduled for December
but had their flight denied permission to touch down in Makurdi.
According to him, “the flight was earlier granted landing
permission but we were all surprised when half an hour to his arrival a counter
directive was issued mid-flight thereby forcing the aircraft to head to Abuja.
“What they did was evil and dangerous, what if the plane was
low on fuel, what do you think would have happened? Desperation has set into
our politics, and it is posing grave danger to our democracy.”
When contacted on phone, the Benue State Chairman of the
APC, Comrade Abba Yaro confirmed the development describing it as unfortunate.
He explained that loyalists of the party who had laid siege
at the airport Wednesday morning were disappointed and had to disperse when
they learnt of the unfortunate development.
“We will certainly react to this ugly incident because what
they have done was not only callous and wicked but also unacceptable in modern
day Nigeria.”
