SaharaReporters learnt that the aircraft touched down at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Sunday evening, after departing from EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in France at 4:16 pm and landing in Abuja at 8:29 pm. The newly acquired luxury Airbus A330 aircraft for presidential use by the Bola Tinubu administration has arrived in Abuja. SaharaReporters learnt that the aircraft touched down at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Sunday evening, after departing from EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in France at 4:16 pm and landing in Abuja at 8:29 pm.
This follows the release of the aircraft, which was one of the three presidential jets recently confiscated by a French court in favour of a Chinese firm over a dispute with Ogun State Government. SaharaReporters reported on Friday that Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited had announced the release of one of the three presidential aircraft belonging to Nigeria, which had been detained in France.
The company described the release of the aircraft as a gesture of goodwill, saying it was made in light of President Bola Tinubu's upcoming meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. According to the company, it was aware of the importance of the aircraft for the diplomatic engagement and had acted to facilitate the meeting. In July, SaharaReporters reported that According to Empowered Newswire, the aircraft was in France and had been spotted at an advanced stage of preparation.
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