A Nigerian, Adebayo Ogunlesi,  has acquired the London Gatwick Airport as the new owner. The Gatwick deal is a £1.455 billion agreement with BAA Airports Limited. Adebayo Ogunlesi, 56, is the chairman and managing partner, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), an independent investment fund based in New York City with worldwide stake in infrastructure assets,is  the new owner of the London Gatwick Airport.  

The Nigerian who led Gatwick Airport Acquisition attended prestigious King’s College, Lagos. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association. He was a lecturer at Harvard Law School and the Yale School. Ogunlesi, whose father was the first Nigerian-born medical professor, studied philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford and then earned law and business degrees from Harvard.

adextetoo:
Why buy just an airport in london with that amount when you can get the whole of Federal Airport Authorities of Nigeria (FAAN) with lesser amount...(My Opinion)

adextetoo:
Why buy just an airport in london with that amount when you can get the whole of Federal Airport Authorities of Nigeria (FAAN) with lesser amount...(My Opinion)

lonngmann:
when muritala mohammed airport is there

Ilekeh:


It's not always about the money. No serious-minded fellow wil invest his time, money and reputation on the dumps you guys call Airports/Authorities.

Maybe when you all elect qualified and uncorrupted officials (unlike Madueke and Oduah), many more of his kind will invest in Nigeria.

Babymama1:
[size=18pt]This 2010 story again?
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https://www.nairaland.com/400832/nigerian-adebayo-ogunlesi-56-acquires

CFCfan:

Blame the super mod

BTW, his educational qualifications are out of this world!!

Afam4eva:
Why is this news being recycled. Isn't it supposed to be stale?

talk2hb1:
Good for him and bad for Nigeria and Nigerians.

Babymama1:


I thought they had built a new gatwick and he went and bought that one too

talk2hb1:
Good for him and bad for Nigeria and Nigerians.