An investigation by SaharaReporters has revealed that a Nigerian private jet caught in Johannesburg with $10 million belongs to Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the head of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Mr. Oritsejafor is also a close confidant of President Goodluck Jonathan.

The CAN leader’s private plane with US registration number N808HG was one of two jets cited by South African officials on September 5 Mr. Oritsejafor's jet arrived South Africa with $9.3 million cash loaded in several suitcases. News of the seizure of the cash broke over the weekend, triggering questions about the ownership of the jets and weapons they intended to purchase.

Nigerian aviation authorities disclosed that one of the jets belonged to Pastor Oritsejafor while the second one was registered to Felix Idiga, the owner of Jafac Aviation Limited.

Two Nigerians and an Israeli defense contractor, Eyal Mesiaka arrived in the jet when they were accosted in South Africa authorities. A South African source disclosed that Mr. Oritsejafor's jet was released after top Nigerian officials intervened, claiming that the weapons to be purchased had the official blessing of the Nigerian government. The jet arrived with two plastic suitcases and two hand luggages with combination locks only known to the Isreali contractor, according to CityPress

Earlier today, SaharaReporters rang the mobile telephone number of Mr. Idiga. At first, he pretended and claimed that he was the Aide De camp to Mr. Idiga. But when our correspondent identified himself as a reporter from SaharaReporters, he owned he started answering questions relating to the issues but claimed the jet we published on our site wasn’t his own. Asked if he knew of another private jet named in apparent arms buy in South Africa, he asked where we got our information after we read the jet registration number to him. He then denied that his jet was involved, before hastily hanging up the phone.
We were unable to reach Pastor Oritsejafor before going to press.

http://saharareporters.com/2014/09/15/arms-smuggling-jet-caught-10million-south-africa-linked-can-president-ayo-oritsejafor

Nigeria stinks with immeasurable corruption! They may thereafter accusse the moslems of promoting insurgency and tag the APC as a Boko Haram party while the real sponsor of the sect is PDP and their christians. What was CAN president's jet doing with such huge sum and smuggling weapons for who?

Majesty2OA: Nigeria stinks with immeasurable corruption! They may thereafter accusse the moslems of promoting insurgency and tag the APC as a Boko Haram party while the real sponsor of the sect is PDP and their christians. What was CAN president's jet doing with such huge sum and smuggling weapons for who?

Right now my mind is blank...just like I am out of ideas. It is just so unfortunate that people who are supposed to uphold sanity are those who we find at depth of heinous attrocities that we that even look up to them as role models are far better than them in purity. What is even more painful is the slow poke who is an iconic figure of corruption we have at the helms of affairs. I lost faith in this man since his swift exenorating of okah who was caught masterminding the Oct 1st bombing in Abuja in this same South Africa.

Before we jump into irrational conclusions,let me educate us all on the business of aviation services and chartered flights. Most of these private jet owners usually lease out their planes to the numerous aviation service firms in the country. They do this when they are not immediately using the aircraft. The aviation firm in turn give it out to various clients on time charter. That's when you hear of 'chartered flight'. It simply means the clients has chartered the plane for his personal use for a period.
This allows the original owner to make some income from his plane,thus cutting the cost of its maintenance. The aviation firm that brokers this earn an income too. The client thus may use it to do his own business runs which might like this case;an illegitmate transaction.
So let's not be quick to jump into conclusions. Oritsejafor's plane may have been on time charter.

eyeview: Before we jump into irrational conclusions,let me educate us all on the business of aviation services and chartered flights. Most of these private jet owners usually lease out their planes to the numerous aviation service firms in the country. They do this when they are not immediately using the aircraft. The aviation firm in turn give it out to various clients on time charter. That's when you hear of 'chartered flight'. It simply means the clients has chartered the plane for his personal use for a period.
This allows the original owner to make some income from his plane,thus cutting the cost of its maintenance. The aviation firm that brokers this earn an income too. The client thus may use it to do his own business runs which might like this case;an illegitmate transaction.
So let's not be quick to jump into conclusions. Oritsejafor's plane may have been on time charter.

noted buT still I am anxiously awaiting more facts on the issue

This is unbelievable

An enemy has done this

Soon it will be a tooth for a tooth.

Mogidi: Soon it will be a tooth for a tooth.

your mean? Kindly Expatiate