Presidency Clears Air On Tinubu’s Jet, Says It’s Refurbished, Belongs To Nigeria

The Presidency on Sunday said President Bola Tinubu acquired a refurbished official jet.

Tinubu’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, issued the explanation when he was featured on Inside Sources, anchored by Laolu Akande.

Onanuga said some jets in the presidential fleet, like a 19-year-old Boeing B737-700 purchased under ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, are all in bad condition, and their maintenance costs were outrageous.

Hence, instead of spending a bogus amount of money on aircraft maintenance, the President sought the approval of the National Assembly for a refurbished jet still in good condition.

He disclosed that the new presidential jet belongs to Nigeria because Tinubu won’t take it along after leaving office.

Onanuga said: “The president did not buy a new jet; what he has is a refurbished jet—it has been used by somebody else before he got it but it is a much newer model than the one President Buhari used. The one President Buhari used was bought by President Obasanjo some 20 years ago.

“There was a time the President went to Saudi Arabia, that plane developed some problems and the President had to leave with a chartered jet to The Netherlands. It’s not President Tinubu’s plane; it belongs to the people of Nigeria; it is our property.”

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