Bitter Experience:- Buhari’s Plane Denied Landing In Makurdi Airport

A chartered aircraft
conveying All Progressives
Congress, APC, presidential
aspirant, Gen. Mohammadu
Buhari (rtd) and his
entourage, was on
Wednesday, November 26,
2014 allegedly denied landing
rights by the authorities of
the Federal Airports
Authority of Nigeria, FAAN,
in Makurdi, the Benue State
capital.
The former Head of State,
alongside his entourage, was
travelling from Bayelsa State to
Makurdi to woo delegates of his
party ahead of the APC
delegates congress scheduled
for December but had their
flight denied permission to
touch down in Makurdi.
A source said: “the flight was
earlier granted landing
permission but we were all
surprised when half an hour to
his arrival, a counter directive
was issued mid-flight thereby
forcing the aircraft to head to
Abuja.
“What they did was evil and
dangerous, what if the plane
was low on fuel, what do think
would have happened?
Desperation has set in in our
politics and it is posing grave
danger to our democracy.”
The Benue State chairman of
the APC, Comrade Abba Yaro,
confirmed the incident
describing it as unfortunate.
He explained that loyalists of
the party, who had laid siege to
the airport yesterday morning
were disappointed and had to
disperse when they learnt of
the unfortunate development.
He said: “We will certainly
react to this ugly incident
because what they have done
was not only callous and wicked
but also unacceptable in
modern day Nigeria.”
All attempts to speak with
officials of FAAN in Makurdi on
the matter failed as they all
declined to comment on the
issue.