Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Atiku Abubakar Private Jet. The former vice president did not elaborate but said the search was meant to intimidate him. It is also important to state that even in the Presidential Wing of the airport the President of Nigeria uses, there is the presence of Immigration and other security officials who must stamp his or her passport on arrival. “Without having received any answer regarding the matter, on 30th of November 2020 Mr Atiku Abubakar was informed about the set-off of such sum while we made available the remaining sum of $5.4m. DON'T BE A VICTIM! Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar has advised the Nigerian Government to reduce the salaries of political appointees and sell some presidential jets … “On behalf of my family, I express my deepest appreciation to friends and associates who graced […] Apart from his fleet of security cars and personal cars, he has a private jet in addition to his luxury collection. His administration should therefore not introduce such violence in our democratic space. Independent Newspapers Limited, registered on July 17, 2001 (RC No: 419927), commenced publication on October 1, 2001. “Well, whatever may be the motive behind the search may have been the reason even Atiku himself who was not happy going by his remark that, before now, they never searched him whenever he was at the airport traveling out of coming in the country. No one is excused from them under our laws. His father died when he was 11 and his mum, much later, when he was 38. I am committed to building a Nigeria where no citizen is intimidated by agents of state who are paid to protect them. “Did the security agencies conduct search on any of the president’s aides? He’s a renowned entrepreneur and a politician. Kehinde Morenikeji, an Osogbo-based lawyer, has observed that the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar exposed himself to ridicule warranting the security operatives searching his private jet because of the alleged secret political meetings he held in Dubai. Economy Features. Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) November 11, 2018: Expectedly, the PDP kicked against the search of its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar’s plane in Abuja. Nweke Christopher Chika , the North East Zonal Coordinator of Atiku for 2019 in USA and Diaspora, in his reaction, condemned the security search on the private jet of the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, describing it as an embarrassment to the nation. A former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, ... Leave the salaries of civil servants alone, but reduce the salaries of political appointees. “Co-founder of Integrated Logistics Services Nigeria Limited (Intels), Atiku Abubakar, has been selling his shares in Intels over the years. They are the same people. Whenever it becomes absolutely necessary for the security agencies to do what they did to Atiku, nobody should raise an eyebrow. “We are using this medium to inform the international community to also take note of how Buhari administration is intimidating the opposition presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who has served Nigeria as vice-president for eight years.”. He said: “For the records, all incoming passengers on international flights go through Customs, Immìgration, health and security screening. The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has reacted to reports that a search was carried out on the private jet of PDP presidential candidate and fomer Vice President, Atiku Abubakar today November 11th. “Of course, every action against him now is not unexpected because uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, or the head that is aspiring to wear the crown, if I may put it that way. The wealth of Alhaji Atiku net worth is estimated to be in the region of $1.4 billion currently. “We invite President Buhari to recall that as a presidential candidate, he had occasions to travel out of the country and the government in power never besieged or harassed him in any way. “Is there any provision in our constitution which forbids security agencies from carrying out the search? “The PDP is for peace, but we will not accept this recourse to violence, which we believe is orchestrated to directly harm our presidential candidate, foist a siege mentality on the system and set the stage for series of coordinated violence, ostensibly to truncate a peaceful conduct of the 2019 general election. UPDATED: Why airport security searched Atiku – Aviation Minister. It was gathered that the private jet conveying Atiku from Dubai landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 1:30am, into the waiting arms of the security operatives. ATIKU ABUBAKAR NET WORTH 2020 FORBES. “I will also want to seize this opportunity to advise the law enforcement officers that Atiku Abubakar who is now the presidential candidate of PDP was a vice president of this country and should be accorded that respect. Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has finally been issued a visa to the United States, TheCable can report. Hadi Sirika, the Aviation Minister, in a statement debunked Atiku’s account, describing it as “a mischievous attempt to grab the headlines”, even as he tried to explain take-off and landing procedures at the international airport, Abuja. It was, however, gathered the operatives found nothing implicating during the operation. ABUJA DOCTOR REVEALS HOW MOST NIGERIA MEN ARE NOW OVERCOMING TERRIBLE BEDROOM PERFORMANCE DUE TO THIS BRILLIANT DISCOVERY. Chief Ukanna Osuigwe Mbaoha is a chieftain of People for Democratic Change (PAC), Owerri North chapter in Imo State. So, they were put to shame. “I have been following his utterances which convinced me that he meant well for this country and if he is given a chance to restructure this country, Nigeria will move forward once again and be stronger in unity.”, Atiku Deserves Respect As Ex-Vice President – Journalist. ; The company had threatened legal action, but later backed down and made assurances that it would comply with the Treasury Single Account (TSA) rules. Chika, who spoke in Enugu, said: “We all know that the security search on our presidential candidate was the hand work of President Muhammadu Buhari as a way to intimidating. He said the search lasted for hours and the squad was “disappointed” when they could not find anything implicating. “While it is true that the Task Force on Currency at the airport did the routine action of checking the former Vice President’s travel bag, he was accorded full respect as a senior citizen. It assumed greater urgency in the last five years because this Government has been preoccupied with destroying a legitimate business that was employing thousands of Nigerians because of politics. Ben Amaeze Eziuto, Chairman, Democratic Alternative (DA), Ikeduru LGA of Imo State. 0. Uproar greet security agents’ searching of Atiku, private jet NEWS DIGEST–A cross section of Nigerians and groups yesterday reacted angrily to the search conducted by security agents on the private jet of former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. His ministers will travel and come back without any search. “I arrived to Abuja this morning to a search by agents of the state, aimed at intimidating me and my staff,” he wrote. He asked: “As a former vice president of this country, does Atiku Abubakar enjoy any immunity in this regard? Morenikeji said that since the law of the land is not respecter of anybody or personality when it comes to issue bordering on security, Atiku needs not cry over the happening, adding that his status as former Vice President means nothing. “I am committed to building a Nigeria where no citizen is intimidated by agents of state who are paid to protect them. “I am committed to building a Nigeria where no citizen is intimidated by agents of state who are paid to protect them.”. A file photo of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. “However, one can say that the action was right that as the former Vice President like any other Nigerians and cannot be above the law. PICS by ChangeIsCostant : 7:59pm On Oct 11 , 2018 Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, and his team have departed Abeokuta, Ogun state, after paying a political visit to former president Olusegun Obassanjo earlier today. Atiku had travelled to Dubai, where he held strategic meetings with top officials of his campaign groups in preparation for the kick off of political campaigns. “By standard procedure, all aircraft on international arrivals must first of all park at the international wing of the aircraft. Lol. His father, Atiku announced the news on his verified Twitter page on the 22nd of March, 2020 after the Nigerian Centre … peratives of the Department of State Services (DSS) last Sunday, November 11, 2018, searched the private jet of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that brought back to Nigeria from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAR). In a statement released this evening, Sirika said the search was a routine exercise that applies to all international arrivals. Ahmed Abubakar, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has wedded his lover Sa’adatu Hamidu. But, we will not allow that to happen. “Today, Atiku Abubakar, as a presidential candidate, has the highest demography of supporters and volunteers across our nation and we will not hesitate to call them out in defence of democracy if another such attempt is made against our candidate. Where the aircraft is using the private, charter wing, as the PDP candidate did, such arrivals are met by a team of the Immigration, Customs and other security agencies. It is only the court of law that can give such exception.”, Atiku Could Be Searched When Necessary – Party Chieftain. Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) last Sunday, November 11, 2018, searched the private jet of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that brought back to Nigeria from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAR). by Samuel Ogundipe and Kunle Sanni. Not only winning an election, but defeating a sitting government. Share. Atiku. Since the return to democracy, Abubakar has contested in all the elections. “Nigerians need to know that one of the resolutions of the Atiku team at their recently concluded, opulently held Dubai retreat, was to embark on scaremongering,” Sirika said, adding, “This is one of such.”. Morenikeji, stressed that several cases had been reported to the effect that politicians use their influence to perpetrate evil. He wrote: “I arrived to Abuja this morning to a search by agents of the state, aimed at intimidating me and my staff. Intels, in October 2017, had been drawn into a battle with the NPA over the termination of the pilotage agreement with the firm, based on advice by Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF). Atiku Abubakar’s foray into the business world started in the real estate sector during his days as a … “We want to assure them that no amount of threat will stop Atiku from contesting, and with the support of Nigerians he shall win and become President come 2019 because the people are with him and he has a very agenda to transmit this country.”, The Action Was Meant To Humiliate Atiku – Activist. Atiku Abubakar was born on November 25, 1946, in Gongola State (now Adamawa state) to a Fulani farmer father and a trader mother. Or, are you saying that being a one-time vice president, Atiku is above the law? He said: “What happened to Atiku was part of the plot by the APC to embarrass and to humiliate him because they see him as a formidable force to be reckoned with in 2019. In 1993, he contested the Social Democratic Party presidential primaries losing to Moshood Abiola and Baba Gana Kingibe. Deputy President William Ruto has returned to the country following a top-secret four-day trip to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The security team was made up of DSS operatives and officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Being a former Vice President does mean that he is above the law. Atiku’s Jet Search: Between Politics And National Security. He said that Nigerian politicians are unpredictable as most of them engage in shady deals to get or perpetuate themselves in power. “Before now, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has been travelling out and coming back to the country without being harassed at any of the airports by anybody. His father was against western education but he got to study because of the mandatory schooling law that was in place then. The combined security team, sources said, were looking for foreign currencies. Independent Newspapers Nigeria. But, now that he has become a presidential candidate of the major opposition party, he and his supporters should expect what is now playing out, which I will describe as African way of playing politics. These checks are mandatory, conventional, internationally applied and routine. Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar says Nigeria needs to stop borrowing to avert sliding into a further recession. With the registered office at 8, WEMPCO Road, Ogba, Ikeja, it publishes DAILY INDEPENDENT, Monday – Friday, SATURDAY Independent, SUNDAY Independent with online properties... FG Reiterates Commitment To Speedy Projects Implementation, Fresh Concerns As Miyetti Allah Seeks Inclusion In Amotekun, Atiku Will Restructure Nigeria If Elected President In 2023 – Alozie. Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to reports of the economic recession that has hit the country. Comrade Jomo Omojola Omolokun, a member of the civil society group, said: “The action of the security agencies was geared towards humiliating the former Vice President who the government is now seeing as a great threat to their remaining in power beyond May 2019. In a tweet on Sunday, Atiku thanked his friends and associates who graced the wedding fatiha. Frank described the alleged plot as a “desperate to nail him”. Abubakar, in a series of tweets on Sunday, advised the Muhammadu Buhari administration to ‘swallow its pride’ and fix the country’s failed economy. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar said yesterday that his private jet was searched by operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) immediately after returning from Dubai. 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