Omoyele Sowore, the convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, has alleged that the reported seizure of Nigeria’s presidential jets by Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited, a Chinese company, was a staged event.
According to Sowore, the seizure was orchestrated to garner sympathy for the new presidential jet recently acquired by Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Sowore further questioned the release of one of the three presidential aircraft seized by a French court which the Chinese firm attributed to a good will act ahead of Bola Tinubu’s meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.
However, Sowore expressed skepticism in a post on his X account on Friday, wondering why the Chinese company is selectively choosing which jet to use for Tinubu’s ‘medical trip’ from Abuja to France.
He wrote, “There is something fishy going on with these Presidential Jet seizures in France.
“It looks like this part was arranged to launch the new Presidential Jet with sympathy.
“Suddenly, this Chinese company is picking and choosing which jet could pick @officialABAT up in Abuja to France on an apparent medical trip,” he added.
Recall that SaharaReporters reported that a Chinese firm, Zhongshan secured a court order to seize three Nigerian presidential aircraft in a dispute stemming from the termination of its export processing zone management contract by the Ogun State government in 2016.
The seized aircraft, part of Nigeria’s presidential fleet, include a Dassault Falcon 7X at Le Bourget airport in Paris, a Boeing 737, and an undelivered Airbus 330 at Basel-Mulhouse airport in Switzerland, which was purchased by Nigeria but not yet delivered.
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