Hanan Used Presidential Jet For Official Duty – Buhari’s Supporters

Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Hanaan did not fly a Presidential jet on a private visit to Bauchi. Rather, she was on an official assignment to represent her father, the President, at an event in the town, supporters of the president under the aegis of the Buhari Media Organisation said on Sunday.

BMO said in that circumstance, convention and protocol allowed her to use the aircraft. The organisation asserted that this had happened in the past.

In the statement signed by its chairman  Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke, BMO said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was only playing politics in its comment on the matter. “Even if the opposition party did not fully admit it,  members of the First Family are not barred from travelling in a Presidential jet, especially to an official function.

“In any case, PDP lacks the moral right to make this accusation because the party has a record of outright abuse and misuse of Presidential jets in its sixteen years in power at the centre”.

“There was hardly any time in the PDP years that aircraft in the Presidential fleet were not used like charter jets, contrary to laid down regulations. There were instances in the past where friends and members of the extended family of past Presidents were given access to aircraft in the Presidential fleet.

“One instance that easily comes to mind was when some of the aircraft were used to ferry guests for a wedding. This is aside from when a certain First Lady used planes in the fleet for shopping sprees with her friends.

“Now we have a situation where one of the daughters of President Buhari was running an official errand for her father but PDP chose to spin it as a private photography trip. This is a very irresponsible act meant to score cheap political points.”

BMO said it was laughable that PDP, in an attempt to obfuscate recent history, argued that allowing Hanan to travel in one of the planes in the fleet amounts to ‘the worst form of corruption’.

“After years of a fruitless search for dirt on the President, to the extent of making unfounded allegations against President  Buhari, PDP now believes it has a smoking gun on corruption in an awkward place.

“Is it not amusing that a party whose officials and members are standing trial on sundry charges of corruption has opted to describe travelling in a Presidential jet as ‘worst case of corruption’?

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