About 20 private jets registered abroad but flying in Nigeria may have left the country barely one month after the Federal Government unveiled a new policy barring foreign-owned aircraft from staying in the country beyond 15 days, aviation industry sources have disclosed.
The 20 private jets, it was gathered, were among those the government believed were being used to carry out illegal charter services in the country in connivance with some local operators.
Findings revealed that the government’s new policy on private jets combined with the recent controversy that trailed Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State’s Global 6000 plane had forced the private jet owners to start leaving the country.
Aviation sources said the foreign-registered private jets started leaving the country following the introduction of the new policy and the controversies over Amaechi’s jet forced the Nigerian Civil aviation Authority to start beaming its searchlight on foreign-registered jets in the country.
A top aviation official said, “Many of the foreign-registered private jets flying illegally in Nigeria have started leaving the country. They are illegal because most of them have been carrying out illegal charter services in the country.
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