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The Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Abdulkarim Lawan, has raised concerns about the safety of Nigeria’s Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, following an incident involving the vice-president’s aircraft in the United States.

Lawan claims that Shettima’s life is at risk due to the aging and “faulty” presidential jet he travels with, urging the Nigerian Government to provide a new aircraft for the vice-president’s use.

The incident occurred during a stopover at JFK Airport in New York, where a “foreign object” reportedly hit the plane, damaging parts of the aircraft, including the cockpit windscreen. The damage forced Shettima to cancel his trip to the Commonwealth Summit in Samoa.

In a statement from Maiduguri, Borno State, on Sunday, October 27, Speaker Lawan expressed relief over the safety of the vice-president and his team but emphasized the need for urgent action. “I want to sympathize with the Nigerian Government, especially the office of the Vice-President, his crew, and staff over the unfortunate incident at JFK Airport,” he stated. Lawan also called on the Nigerian Government to seek a “thorough and timely investigation” from U.S. authorities regarding the incident at one of the world’s most secure airports.

Highlighting the risks associated with the aging presidential jet, Lawan stressed the importance of acquiring a new aircraft for Vice-President Shettima. “The life of the Vice-President, and that of his crew/officials, stand at risk while using the old and faulty presidential aircraft,” he said, adding, “There is an urgent need to acquire a new aircraft to avoid a recurrence of air mishaps.”

https://dailytrust.com/shettimas-life-at-risk-borno-speaker-demands-new-aircraft-for-vp/

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E yaaaa

Will 1 aircraft be enough ?

Or we should buy 2 aircraft ?

What about Akpabio ?

Maybe Boeing should open a branch in Abuja ?

He is not the president

He should go and sit down

Faulty, his brother said here that the cause of the whatever is a foreign object hitting the plane, anyways this is nigeria, BTW, can the nigerian govt also while at it that the 97% who voted them in plus the 5% who didn't are very hungry. I think that ordinary food on the table is more important than a new plane to replace an old one functioning perfectly well

Fx reserves less $100m

They should buy a plane for him, akpabio and his deputy, the house of reps number 1 and his deputy

Deranged clowns!

Please when budgetting for shettima's plane, they should also include the ones of all the Ministers and SAs and SSAs to the President for efficient discharge of their duties.

Let them also not forget to buy for all the Senators and House of Reps for their legislative and oversight functions.

Since we all want to be mad in this godforsaken country.

It is well

Lol

malali:
Will 1 aircraft be enough ?

Or we should buy 2 aircraft ?

What about Akpabio ?

Maybe Boeing should open a branch in Abuja ?

😂 🤣 😂 🤣

.if Nigerians cannot take good care of the criminalsorry VP who will. please the aircraft should be 5 Biko

You see such a backwards demand.


New plane for a man of useless traveling history.

One na one day, Nigeria go burst.

Another content creator has emerged

Our money eh , Una money eh, dem dey chop am Yafuu yafuu

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These bunch of idiots say whatever they want to say because they always have poor wretched idiots who come online to them.

This government is working really hard to give Nigerians a paradise experience. Private jet must go round. Buy for every public officer until every Nigerian owns one.

THEY'VE ALREADY PURCHASED IT 😆😆😆

same tricks they used in Tinubu's own

Did he trek back from where the plane had fault?

How come a windscreen problem will make you buy a new vehicle or airplane.

Haba.

Don't mind them jare Mr. VP.
Enter and let's go.
God will bring us safety home
😂😂😂😂😂

Idiots everywhere!!! No meaningful achievement for their subjects.

He should buy it with his money

No be to buy plane for the whole senators? 😂😂😂😂😂😂!! I love my country

The incident occurred during a stopover at JFK Airport in New York, where a “foreign object” reportedly hit the plane, damaging parts of the aircraft, including the cockpit windscreen. The damage forced Shettima to cancel his trip to the Commonwealth Summit in Samoa.

Highlighting the risks associated with the aging presidential jet, Lawan stressed the importance of acquiring a new aircraft for Vice-President Shettima. “The life of the Vice-President, and that of his crew/officials, stand at risk while using the old and faulty presidential aircraft,” he said, adding, “There is an urgent need to acquire a new aircraft to avoid a recurrence of air mishaps.”

how does buying a new plane prevent foreign objects from hitting the plane?

did the foreign object that hit the plane because the plane is old or did it automatically make the plane old and faulty?

i thought they said there is no money?

And the people who will cue to vote them keep tightening their belt abi....

Foreign object had an impact with the plane. How's this enough reason to change a plane? Can't the destroyed parts be replaced?

Haba Mana!!!.......Our Shettima's life at risk??......Allah yaki Yayi!!!


.......And what is Finance Minister waiting for??

Wale, Pls draft a Letter to Worldbank for Loans in Dollars and Copy IMF for a quick approval of the Loan......TPAIN will Minute on it Asap........

We want to purchase a brandnew VP Jet, then Loot the rest. Its another fine avenue for the Speaker of Borno state HOA Mallam Abdulkarim Lawal to lick Fingers...

If u know u know

Of all the crisis we current facing, airplane is priority to this mumu speaker. This country home video

What's the impact of his needless travels to start with?

Please let's buy the VP a new plane and yacht, he really needs it to cruise round the world so as to pack investment here

This is one of the reasons Nigeria is held down.

In this critical economic situation that the country is going through, what a legislator could think of is buying new aircraft for Mr. Vice-President.

Why is it that our leaders always have misplaced priorities?