EFCC: Nigerian Air Plane Was Just a Three-Day Ethiopian Charter, Not Ours

The EFCC told a Federal Capital Territory High Court that the aircraft paraded as Nigeria Air at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in May 2023 was rented from Ethiopian Airlines for only three days. An EFCC investigator said the plane left Addis Ababa on May 26, returned on May 29, and was crewed by Ethiopian staff in uniform. Prosecutors also allege the Nigeria Air contract was steered to a company linked to the former minister’s associate and inflated from over ₦299m to more than ₦599m. The trial resumes on June 17, 2026.

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