The House of Representatives on Monday met with the commander of the presidential Airfleet, Air Vice Marshal Olayinka Olusola as well as representatives of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Major Gen.M. Galadima to ascertain the state of the presidential Airflleet in Nigeria.
In his welcome remarks, the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Hon Satomi Ahmed urged for a thorough explanation from the Commander presidential Airfleet as well as the NSA to ascertain the state of the Airfleet.
Speaking further, the Chairman said they were surprised by what they read from the online media about the current state of the presidential Airfleet in the country and wanted a confirmation or otherwise from critical stakeholders.
Lawmakers had shortly after the introduction and welcome address by the Chairman of the Committee went for a closed-door session.
It would be recalled that Hon Satomi had last week moved a motion during plenary on the need to invite the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to appear before lawmakers and explain the state of the Presidential Airfleet to Nigerians.
According to him, the Vice President, Kashim Shettima was recently forced to cancel his trip to the United States where he was scheduled to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit because of a fault detected in his aircraft.
He further informed that President Bola Tinubu was equally forced to fly in a chartered plane from the Netherlands to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the World Economic Forum held in that country owing to a fault detected in his air fleet.
After the closed-door session, Hon Satome had during a press conference at the National Assembly informed that legislative measures to investigate the matter were in top gear by his committee
