{"id":28088,"date":"2018-11-12T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=28088"},"modified":"2018-11-12T10:16:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T09:16:00","slug":"minister-search-of-atikus-plane-routine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/minister-search-of-atikus-plane-routine\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister: Search Of Atiku\u2019s Plane Routine"},"content":{"rendered":"
Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, at the weekend explained that airport officials searched on Peoples Democratic Party\u00a0(PDP) candidate Atiku Abubakar\u2019s plane was a routine exercise.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span>In a statement, the minister said: \u201cThis is a mischievous attempt to grab the headlines. Nigerians need to know that one of the resolutions of the Atiku team at their recently-concluded, opulently-held Dubai retreat was to embark on scaremongering. This is one of such.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cFor the records, all incoming passengers on international flights go through Customs, Imm\u00ecgration, health and security screening.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cWhere the aircraft is using the private, charter wing, as the PDP candidate did, such arrivals are met by a team of the Imm\u00ecgration, Customs and other security agencies. They go to the arriving aircraft as a team.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cThe airport authorities confirm that this is a routine process, applying to all international arrivals, including the minister, unless the passenger is the President of Nigeria. The President, the Vice President and passengers aboard planes on the Presidential air fleet use the Presidential Wing of the airport.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cIt is also important to state that even in the Presidential Wing of the airport the President of Nigeria uses, there is the presence of Imm\u00ecgration and other security officials who must stamp passports on arrival.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cBy standard procedure, all aircraft on international arrivals must first of all park at the international wing of the airport. They can move to the domestic terminal only upon the completion of the arrival processes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cWhile it is true that the Task Force on Currency at the airport did the routine action of checking the former Vice President\u2019s travel bag, he was accorded full respect as a senior citizen.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201dThese checks are mandatory, conventional, internationally applied and routine. No one is excused from them under our laws. These checks are carried out on all international arrivals and President Buhari does not get involved in them.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201dLaw-abiding citizens are encouraged to respect the laws of the country and our VIPs should not seek to be treated over and above the citizens they wish to serve.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p>
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Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, at the weekend explained that airport officials searched on Peoples Democratic Party\u00a0(PDP) candidate Atiku Abubakar\u2019s plane was a routine exercise. \u00a0In a statement, the minister said: \u201cThis is a mischievous attempt to grab the headlines. 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