Nigeria Air Fraught With Fraud, PDP Tells Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government to perish the thought of trying to use the ‘unveiling’ of a nonexistent national carrier to beguile Nigerians now that election is around the corner, as such ruse cannot yield any dividend.

The party said it was unfortunate that, having run out of fake promises and not having any development project to parade, President Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) had now resorted to international kite-flying aimed at hoodwinking unsuspecting Nigerians.

In statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary, kola Ologbondiyan, the party said what President Buhari and his handlers fail to understand was that Nigerians could see through their fraud and lies.

"Is it not comical that while other nations are unveiling and rolling out real planes, the Buhari administration, in a most hilarious manner, is ‘unveiling’ drawings of an airplane, name, logo and imaginary routes of a nonexistent fleet, as our national carrier, in faraway London?

"Apart from drawings of airplanes, there are no structures to indicate that a new airline, billed to commence operation in December this year, is being set up; there are no offices, no recruitment of personnel and no form of ground activity anywhere in the country.

"Does it not smack of pure scam that less than six months to commence operations, the supposed new airline has not even started the process of licensing, even when it takes a minimum of six months for a new airline to obtain Air Operating License and three months to develop its manuals?

"Furthermore, every discerning mind can see through the lies in the announced private sector funding, as the Buhari administration has been unable to list any private investor it has gone into negotiation or signed any form of deal with in the said project," it said.