Nigerians deserve explanations on new, old presidential jets – Peter Obi

The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2024 election, Peter Obi, has asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration to come clean on the details of the newly acquired presidential jet and the old ones being sold off.

 Obi made the call in a post shared on his X handle on Tuesday night August 21.

Obi said that despite all the denials and back and forth over the newly acquired presidential aircraft, the jet is now here, thanks to the French court that helped Nigerians get the information.

“Now that the Jet is here, can Nigerian taxpayers whose money was used to purchase it need to be privy to how much it cost and how old the aircraft is and how long its been in operation.

In addition, Nigerians also deserve to know about how the old jets being disposed, how many of them, how old they are, and why they are being sold. Transparency and Accountability should be the hallmark of any genuine leadership,” Obi said.

He said the federal government would lose nothing but respect if it failed to provide adequate information about its leadership to the people whose money was being deployed and whose mandate the President was holding.

“A presidential jet is a major symbol of national sovereignty and state power. How much it costs to transport the president, is a major issue of public accountability. I hope that Nigerians will not be denied the right of full disclosure on the new presidential jet,” Obi added

The Presidency on Monday, August 19, revealed it had acquired an Airbus A330 business jet. The new Airbus conveyed the President to France on that same day.