Presidential Airfleet: Reps resolve to set up technical c’tee to investigate further

By Christiana Ekpa

The House of Representatives after its meeting with the commander of the presidential Airfleet, Air Vice Marshal Olayinka Olusola as well as representatives of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Major Gen.M. Galadima resolved to set up Technical Committee to investigate and assertain the state of presidential Airflleet in Nigeria.
In his welcome remarks, the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Hon Satomi Ahmed urged for thorough explanation from the Commander presidential Airfleet as well as the NSA in order to ascertain the state of the Airfleet.
Speaking further, the Chairman said they were surprised of what they read from the online media about the current state of the presidential Airfleet in the country and wanted a confirmation or otherwise from critical stakeholders.
Lawmakers had shortly after introduction and welcome address by the Chairman of the Committee went for a closed door session.
It would be recalled that Hon Satomi had last week moved a motion during plenary on the need to invite the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to appear before lawmakers and explain the state of the Presidential Airfleet to Nigerians.
According to him,the Vice President ,Kashim Shettima was recently forced to cancel his trip to the United States where he was scheduled to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit because of a fault dictated in his aircraft.
He further informed that President Bola Tinubu was equally forced to fly in a chartered plane from Netherlands to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the World Economic Forum held in that country owing to a fault dictated in his airfleet.
In another development, Hon Satome had during a press conference at National Assembly informed that legislative measures to investigate the matter was in top gear by his committee
Meanwhile, the meeting between lawmakers under the National Security and Intelligence committee and the Office of the National Security Adviser later was held in closed door.
The Chairman of the House Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Satomi in a brief interview informed newsmen that they have decided to form a technical sub- committee that will liaise between the House and other stakeholders to sort out all the challenges in the presidential Airfleet.