According to Abdulkarim Lawan, the Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Nigeria’s Vice-President Kashim Shettima’s life is in danger because of the “faulty” presidential plane he uses for travel.
After an incident at an airport in New York, Shettima was forced to postpone his flight to Samoa for the Commonwealth Summit.
The Presidency acknowledged that his plane was struck by a “foreign object” while it was making a stopover at New York’s JFK Airport.
The event caused damage to a few elements of the aircraft, including the cockpit windscreen.
Lawan requested that the Nigerian government buy Shettima a new jet in a statement released on Sunday in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.
“I would like to express my sympathies to the Nigerian government, particularly to the Vice President’s office, his crew, and his staff, for the tragic event that occurred at JFK Airport in New York, USA,” he stated.
While I urge the Nigerian government to demand a thorough and prompt investigation from the U.S. government regarding the incident that affected Vice President Kashim Shettima’s plane at one of the most secure locations in the world, I also thank Allah (God) for saving the precious lives of our beloved Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima and those on board the unfortunate VP’s plane.
Using the outdated and malfunctioning presidential aircraft puts the vice president’s life as well as the lives of his officials and crew in jeopardy.
Thus, it is imperative that Senator Kashim Shettima purchase a new aircraft in order to prevent future aviation accidents.
