Atiku Abubakar alighting from one of the presidential campaign aircrafts
By Our Reporter
Tragedy was averted as one of the aircrafts in the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign caught fire in Anambra state shortky after two of the aircrafts took off at the Anambra State International Airport.
Though the incident happened on Thursday December 15, 2022, it came to public knowledge only this morning.
According to The New Telegraph, the incident happened at the conclusion of the PDP presidential rally held at the Ekwueme Square in Awka, the Anambra capital city.
According to the report: “At the conclusion of the campaign rally, the PDP presidential candidate and the dignitaries who had joined the campaign train trooped to the Anambra Airport where three private jets were parked awaiting the arrival of the PDP campaign train.
“Alhaji Abubakar Atiku and his immediate family and close aides boarded one of the Jets and taxied out. It took off uneventfully. The second Jet also taxied and took off uneventfully.
“However, the third jet was not as successful.”