The move is a clear violation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive banning public officials from flying first class.The president had earlier this year directed the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, to issue a circular to all government agencies barring top officials from travelling first class, a measure put in place to cut the high cost of travelling by public officials.
According to PREMIUM TIMES:
The BA flight BA83 which took off from Gate 43 of Heathrow Terminal 5, London, on Tuesday, nearly an hour behind its scheduled 10.43pm departure time, arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Wednesday morning at about 5a.m, with Mr. Ali on board.
The reasons for Mr. Ali’s travel to London remained unknown as at the time of publishing this report, but customs insiders said the trip was official.
Several passengers on the flight told PREMIUM TIMES they saw Mr. Ali seated in the First Class compartment of the aircraft during the flight.
"It was a major talking point among some passengers whether the policy (barring public officials from flying first class) is being implemented with exceptions or whether it is meant for the shelves," one passenger on the flight told this newspaper.There were notable Nigerians on board and a number of them confirmed to this newspaper that the customs comptroller-general was in the first class cabin of the aircraft during the flight.
A first class ticket to and from London costs $11,423.23 (about N3.4million).
Besides being a close friend of Mr. Buhari, Mr. Ali, a retired army colonel, is a man seen by many Nigerian as frugal and incorruptible.
When PREMIUM TIMES contacted the customs spokesperson, Wale Adeniyi, on Thursday, he confirmed Mr. Ali was on the BA flight, but that he travelled on a business class ticket. Mr. Adeniyi was not on the flight, and he responded to our reporter’s enquiry without checking with Mr. Ali. But our sources, some of whom travelled business class, said Mr. Adeniyi’s claim was inaccurate.
"That is not true,"one passenger said. "I was on business class, and I was awake most of the flight. So if you line up those on business class during that flight, I can identify them."
May thunder fire his yansh for flying 1st class! Idiot!
ReplyDeleteU guys are dumb. Most of them get upgraded cus they are frequent flyers. He might Hv gotten a business class Nd got upgraded to first. Pls use ur brain sometimes. Don't just say shit.
DeleteThe same man who fired most top immigration officers,demoted and went on anti corruption and cleansing d immigration spree..he wa all over the news...hahahahahahah
DeleteMrPresident,
DeletePlease hand this man his sack letter WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
Even if Hamid Ali knows someone at BA and his seat got bumped up, he still flaunted the rules.
Do not travel first class. SIMPLE.
There are way too many people waiting in the wings to do the job.
***Lush
MrPresident,
DeletePlease hand this man his sack letter WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
Even if Hamid Ali knows someone at BA and his seat got bumped up, he still flaunted the rules.
Do not travel first class. SIMPLE.
There are way too many people waiting in the wings to do the job.
***Lush
The sheer stupidity and gullibility of Nigerians amazes me sometimes. Go to his office, walk straight to protocol department & demand to see what tkt he was issued and you'll see that Business Class ticket was purchased for him. The man upgraded with his points because he's a frequent flier, he has accumulated so much. Every one does it.
DeleteJeeze it's not everything that's news worthy and it's not everything we read we should believe.
Hmmm.. Wahala
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Well, well, if I may say this,I once bought a business class on air France from Abuja to Paris then JFK New York, when the counter manager was checking me in he said madam let me upgrade your ticket to first class because we have just 5 passenger there but only to get to Paris, coz when you get to Paris I got no control over that the first class might be full. And that was how I flew first class from Abuja to Paris ,so if parson see me they will say na fist class ticket I bought, just saying what happened to me before.
ReplyDeleteBuhari and his very corrupt Governmenr.
ReplyDeleteBefore his appointment he was driving a white Peugeot 206. Now he is flying 1st class? APC make una come again 2019 make we see. These suckers were just disgruntled old fellows that were upset that young people were making progress and ddnt need them.
ReplyDeleteAwon agbaya
ReplyDeleteWhat if he did pay with his own money??? Linda take note!
ReplyDeleteYou are very Stupid.
DeleteU can never make meaningful contributions
DeleteUseless man I order just one top cost like 80k they seized it and tell me to pay 41k to clear it God will judge all of you one by one
ReplyDeletenext time, use freightsmarty.com. i use them alot after i paid 58k customs for 2 skirt from asos because i used dhl. never again oo.
DeleteWho is fooling who? They just gave him d position and within this short time he has stolen so much to travel wt,later bokohari will say he is fighting corruption, yeye people.
ReplyDeleteIncorruptible corrupt government. U see a government of contradiction. A rudderless ship captained by ghost president.
ReplyDeleteLol, let's see if he'll be summoned by the presidency...
ReplyDeleteIt's greed dat kills us in Nigeria
ReplyDelete...merited happiness
Hmm.
ReplyDeleteMr President over to
ReplyDeleteMr President over to you hope you won't keep quiet As you've been doing on the killing assignments your Fulani herdsmen brothers are carrying out
ReplyDeleteBuhari and his people are all hypocrites... I feel for anyone that still takes them seriously.
ReplyDeleteNigeria custom boss dares PMB
ReplyDeleteLola! Rebloged in Linda's blog by the Rising blogger!
He should be punished for disobeying the President's order. wasting our money since God knows when.
ReplyDeleteThis man is a rich man, flying first class shudnt be a big deal
ReplyDeleteDasuki is also a rich man
DeleteTrue talk Fred.May God help Nigeria
DeleteOkk
ReplyDeleteBuhari is thief himself.
ReplyDeletewake up dear, this your post dont make no sense, even the airline will upgrade you, he is the Nigerian Custom CG, the Airline will upgrade him. who was there when they bought the ticket for him, Nigerian people self,First Class Ticket that even that i am not custom boss Flies na hin come turn big deal. lmaoooooooooo
ReplyDeleteMumu.
DeleteMumu mumu.
That PMB directive ws only for D PDP members.
ReplyDeleteExcuse me,so what are you people saying?so i cannot accept an upgrade from any airline cos im working for Buhari?the over 6Billion spent on Presidential Jets since he assumed office were generated from the sale of milk from his 150 cows?y'all crazy in dat 9ja!
ReplyDeleteAll of dem al criminals
ReplyDeleteCan u imagine.
ReplyDeletesays, Genevieve.
I dey tell una say BUHARI go soon comot from that Presidential sit. He'll be impeached soon. Fighting corruption my ass. . Just imagine
ReplyDeleteBuhari be deceiving himself...
ReplyDeleteWhat if BA upgraded him?
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't he get economy? Will BA upgrade economy?
DeleteWat nonsense frugal as long as his a man he has a price and even the so called integrity of buhari a man who brot out fake waec has integrity appoints only pple from the north to head govt agencies.face facts buhari is a pretender and a hypocrite.dats all
ReplyDeleteE concern them
ReplyDeleteAre you minding this lie lie Govt,their stealing may even end up being more than the last Govt. Pretenders
ReplyDeleteThey will be stealing and lying! God is watching!
ReplyDeleteNa me talk am!
Long Live Lib!!!
I am disappointed in you Linda posting gossip. Do you know the reason he travelled to london? Can you verify that it was official? Or presuming he went on his own private business is he supposed to compulsively fly economy because of a Presidential directive? You are better than this dear Linda, stop stooping low to beer parlor gossips
ReplyDeleteNo gossip here. The gist is that he flew first class, it is left to him to clarify whether it's a private matter or official trip.
DeleteSTFU!!!!!! What did my sister, Linda do? Eye service veteran!
DeleteMumu.
Delete***********************odi mma*****
ReplyDeleteShame shame shame,Apc is a scam, let's all the youths in Nigeria vote out APC in 2019, yes we can do it.
ReplyDeleteIn as much as we are not happy with the extravagant lifestyle of our leaders, flying first class is not out of proportion at all. If according to the directive the government can only afford business class ticket he can add money to it for first class if that's his choice. Had it been a private jet for official assignment it would have been an issue.
ReplyDeletemake Buhari park well. his ministars are all flying private jets and what does he want to say that he does not know. APC is a failed govt they should just admit it and move on.
ReplyDeleteMr incorruptible indeed.
ReplyDeleteYou don see am na
ReplyDeleteHmm
ReplyDelete-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
too wating we go do na
ReplyDeleteWaiting for official statement
ReplyDeleteFrom the illegal recruitment in CBN,FIRS, and the Prison Service to the cover up of Buratai and Dambassau and now this,it is evident that Buhari is comfortable with corruption. He only has issues with corruption among his opponents.
ReplyDeletePMB MUST HEAR THIS
ReplyDeleteWhere's Bonaventure and Juliet.
ReplyDeleteAll na change!
ReplyDeleteU guys are dumb. Most of them get upgraded cus they are frequent flyers. He might Hv gotten a business class Nd got upgraded to first. Pls use ur brain sometimes. Don't just say shit.
ReplyDeleteTHATS THE KIND OF GOVT WE HAVE THEY SAY ONE THING AND YET DO ANOTHER!!!!!!!
ReplyDelete3.4m? Hmmm. #Lindatakenote
ReplyDeleteEvict apc anytime soon
ReplyDeleteHe Came for his sons Graduation at Sheffield. He is soo frugal and cheap, Hr doesn't even want to release money meant for the Customs service!! Stingo
ReplyDeleteHe could easily have been upgraded. BA does that when they overbook the business class cabin. People should not over react yet!
ReplyDeleteApc All people's Concorted (lairs) Kiki Africana u don't want to ask about me.As for me the man might decide to fly first class with his personal money.
ReplyDeleteWRITE TO THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THIS.
ReplyDeleteGRUMBLING ALONE WOULD NOT REACH THE PRESIDENT'S ATTENTION.
All PMB said what just to score cheap publicity score...most of his ministers are corrupt, the lots of them
ReplyDeleteWia dt kworaption fighter
ReplyDeleteeven if he was Richard Branson he can still fly economy and it won't kill him!
ReplyDeleteAll you people saying he can fly first class with his money, shebi he and his best friend have been representing themselves as frugal, so why did he buy a ticket that cost N3.4m?
ReplyDeleteGambari dey enjoy money from the Niger-delta oil. First class seat from London to Lagos when the ministry of sport wants Nigerian athletes to buy their own tickets to Rio to represent Nigerians... This is SICK !!!
ReplyDeleteBuhari the hypocrite and his gang of hausa-fulani hypocrites!!!!
Someone who been no to hold cash b4 appointment is now a frequent flier?indeed, St buhari go read the bible christ preached about hyporicy and u. ARE a strong hypocrit Change Ur ways.fake man
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