The spokesman of Federal
Airports Authority of
Nigeria, FAAN, Yakubu
Dati, has debunked claims
that a chartered plane
carrying officials of the
All Progressives Congress
(APC) was denied landing
at the Gombe airport on Thursday.
He explained that the airport was temporarily closed to
enable a routine test of fire tenders at the airport.
“All airports were duly informed about it. The routine
test was scheduled since there was no scheduled flight on
Thursday,” he said.
The plane, which took off from Abuja, was conveying the
party officials en route inauguration of the state’s
Interim Executive Committee.
The pilot was said to have diverted the plane to Bauchi
when he noticed that there was a fire truck on the
runway.
The leader of the delegation and former Minister of
State for Power and Steel, Murtala Aliyu, had alleged
political undertone, saying relevant government agencies
may be behind the incident
Datti, however, stated that some of the fire trucks were
out of shape, a situation against standard regulations.
He added that authorities decided to conduct the
operation Thursday because there was no scheduled
flight.

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