President Jonathan’s Effort to Purchase Another Hawker 4000 Jet Tied Up In New York Bankruptcy Court

Hawker 4000 jet
Interior of Hawker 4000 jet
By SaharaReporters, New York

In addition to the two new luxury helicopters ordered by President Goodluck Jonathan from the Anglo-Italian AgustaWestland at a cost of $40 million, as SaharaReporters reported earlier today, we have learned that the government made a deposit of another $9 million for a Hawker 4000 jet.

In 2012 budget an additional $12 million was budgeted to complete the purchase of the jet.

But that money is now tied up in court, as our investigation has revealed that the manufacturer, Hawker Beechraft, entered into bankruptcy proceedings in the US District Court of Southern New York last May.

Curiously, the purchase notice was initiated by one Group Captain Ma Yakubu, who gave away the $9 million using the address of “Nigerian Presidential Wing, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Presidential Air Fleet Abuja, Nigeria.”  His phone number and email addresses were listed as follows:  +234 8052088048 and Maminuyana@Yahoo.Com.

Our sources say this is highly unusual, as the purchase order would normally have emanated not from an airport, but from within the presidency, the Ministry of Aviation or the Nigerian Air Force.

Yesterday’s crash of a Nigeria navy executive Agusta 109E helicopter, which killed Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa, former NSA Andrew Owoye Azazi and four others, while doing private errands for presidential aide Oronto Douglas, demonstrates how public property is routinely converted to private benefit especially in a corrupt administration.  

The presidency currently has at its disposal about 11 jets, many of them running errands on a daily basis for privileged officials and their relatives.  When those are not enough, they call for similar equipment that belong to the armed forces, the Nigeria Police, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, and similar offices.

“Yesterday, the naval helicopter was abused throughout the day, like a free taxi cab, until it simply fell out of the sky,” an analyst told SaharaReporters.

The two helicopters on order by Mr. Jonathan will cost Nigeria $40 million, but it is unclear how many similar equipment may be on order around the world, or have already been bought or delivered, because government officials often account to nobody.  The tracking of most contracts is non-existent after they have been awarded.

SaharaReporters has written to Group Captain Yakubu in an effort to obtain further information about the aborted purchase of the Hawker 4000 jet.

The US District court has approved Hawker Beechcraft’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy as a slimmer corporation, also last week the court authorized the company to sell off its entire inventory of Hawker 4000 jets at $20 million each.
 

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so called sultanofsokoto. i can see who u r..

you know i always read ur comments and think what kind of a human being are u, but today i started asking myself are u actually human? cos i cnt see u poses any human character or manner. you have the character of SERIOUS BARBARIC ANIMAL that only saw jungle his whole life, and walk about nakedly, sleeps with any animal either his sister, brother, father or mother. you have no difference than a he goat or a monkey that is so curious and ended up typing letter in the computer that dont actually know what they meant. am sure ur not a true son of the so called south south, u were opportuned to sneak tru the boarder, or just fell in the river find urself in nigeria. senseless stupid animal.. you wish no progress to nigeria if not barbarism. A true human being with human feelings wont hate and be selfish as much as u do. u lack culture, religion,respect... i dunno. its just a pity an ANIMAL is writting, we r reading and we cant help him.

akpos1 yesterday, bankole 2day, omo awori 2morrow!

This akpos1 is both on drugs and irredeemably deranged. Akpos1 keeps writing his imaginary united states of SS&SE. u're a failure ur make-believe SS&SE doesn’t fly. SS is not 4sale. No rational tribe on earth will align with ndigbos.
akpos1 it's high time u started campaigning for ur united states of Aba and Okija. u cannot even unite ur nasty selves yet u're hell bent in annexing SS - NO WAY.

Sorry, SS is not part of u Igbos.

Last flight crashing

I remember old people, they will always tell people how, they will want to be buried , and they always make preparations for everythings, as for the president , this is welcome be many nigerians, but dont for get to purcahse a land that this will crash land on , make sure is in aso-rock, not in your village as , to avoid innocent casualties, and i have a message for you to give to my father, tell him im doing fine on earth, that he should be proud of me, and tell him , what brought you here was your GREED AND LAVISH LIFE, AFTER PASSING THE MESSAGES, THEY WILL NOW HANG YOU IN THJERE TOILET

'To keep Nigeria one is a

'To keep Nigeria one is a task that MUST be done'. Any section that does not like the present state of Nigeria should excuse us. This is ONE Nigeria. We fought for it to keep it ONE. Oil or no oil, we shall swine and sink in ONE Nigeria. Nigeria will exist, even on one leg, no eyes or ears, whether on termianl disease or not, this is the Nigeria we killed over 3 million children, women, old and sick to defend and UNITE. We cannot abandon the hausa/fulani Nigeria at this point. Too late.

ohooooo my God see how people

ohooooo my God see how people are insulting themselves un un........ please worship God with spirit and truth and pray for his Everlasting paradise to come for it is the lastin solution to mankind problem.I beg make una no insult for urself again ooooooo.Kashuko?

The President is...

...CURSED, AND CANNOT BE REDEEMED.

Jonathan: Another Tafawa Balewa?

Jonathan is evidently heading towards doomsday and does not care. No sane Nigerian will weep for him if he ends up d way Tafawa Balewa did. He should be aware that, by toeing d line of Corruption and pepetuation of self in office beyond 2015; he is digging his grave and will surely be buried inside, with or without coffin. By Divine Order, No Corrupt Man'll Survive In Aso Rock, even if he sacrifices 1000 people daily!

GEJ is a drowning kangaroo

Thanks a lot Mallam Sanusi. GEJ will soon drown himself with corruption. We are in Abuja, we see,we hear and we witness things. Let the South/South know that democracy is a game of numbers,and the odds are well stacked in the favor of the north come 2015. The Yorubas who help GEJ rig his way in have been left in the rains without umbrella. Knowing an average yoruba person, I think if GEJ makes the error of showing his fishy face on ballot again he will be in for a SHOCKER! The pointers are clear for the sane mind! Sentimental rigging will not help GEJ in 2015,if he tries. Pls where is his ruGGed first Madam ? I miss her speeches o!

fool ! there is oil in the North.

U see ! The s/s boys don't read, all they know is crime. That's why they didn't read about the large quantity of oil fonud in the not.if Chad, Niger, sao tome and co has oil then think well pls! Simple answer is that the border states of the north must have oil too. U my Xtian brothers take every opportunity to attack Islam and when results come u shout ewo! Can u eat ur cate and have it. Anyway, we Muslims respect other religions and we can't insult Jesus Christ as Xtians insult Prophet Muhammad( peace be upon them)bcos Christ is well respected in Islam. I bet a lot of Christians think they are the only ones who BELIEVE in the message of Christ! This is not true, but Xtian sentiments in Nigeria will not allow them take an objective view of Muslims and the Noble Quran. We must learn about each other to RESPECT one another. This is the recipe for peaceful coexistence.

GET a South-South president ?

My south/south brothers treat GEJ as a south/south president not a Nigerian president. Do they know that the so-called hausa/fulanis voted GEJ ? Or are they saying the north was rigged for GEJ ? I don't see why they hate the north so much. The north brought this democracy they are enjoying today. Pls South/South show me the achievements of your president GEJ ? In the face of immense poor performance he is buying LUXURY JETS. That's why they will continue to fall from the SKY! God is not happy !

@akpos1 - Please SS&SE should not break away. We need you pple

I am beginning to feel this guy or babe with the name akpos1 from the Unites States of SS&SE has some point. His comments, though wild sometimes 'always' have some hidden truth.

What do other regions actually contribute to Nigeria?
The Niger Delta and the SE provide all at the expense of their environment. Even anambra & Enugu now have oil.

If this SS&SE actually decide to come together as one country, the rest of Nigeria is FINISHED.

Come to think of it! If the oil in the Niger Delta & East dries up today, will there be Nigeria in another one month?

@Sanusi

No Mallam the oil doesn't belong to me but definitely not to any mallam. The nearest area where oil is found to the "core/holy North" is over a thousand kilometers. Leave the pple where the oil is found to determine if they want to share and if they want to share, how much they are willing to give. This sense of entitlement to every thing amongst mainly the hause/foolanis must stop. Clearly, if educational qualifications alone were/are criterion for government jobs, there is no mention of any other, the North is bound to be the loser. You northnerners don't have a single honest bone in your bodies.

But hey sanusi, it's all about opinions. Yours and those of your mallam kinsmen are not ones that i pay much attention to.

 

 

How old are you? What do you

How old are you? What do you do for a living? How much do you know about Nigerian running your mouth? Awolowo gave Nigeria first TV station in Africa and many more with cocoa. What about the first sky scraper in Africa; the Cocoa House Ibadan. Was this what they were voted for? Aquiring wealth and killing one another? How much do you make in a month and what's your living standard as a Nigerian? You are very retarded with your stupid comment. You need read about Nigeria very well. We have rogues in power as at today. This same rogues served under the military and stole with the military. Infact, they taught the military how to steal. Gowon was a bachelor as Head of State but developed Nigeria even if he wasn't a saint. If you were in his shoes you will evenn sell Nigeria to Sao Tome and Principe. Numb skull. Get enlightened.

@ akpos1: it is obvious u are so selfish that u become senceless

All accrued money should be spent sencelessly by Great Jonah for only selve: that is the thinking of akpos1. Stupid indeed. Go check the deplorable state of the road between PH & Yenogoa and between Warri & Yenogoa....Guys like u will not advice the president to do what is common sence but what is clueless.....

Great Jona can order Helicopters @ any cost. His state produces.

Great Jona can order Helicopters at any cost. His state produces 38% of Oil for continent Nigeria which Lagos, Ibadan, Kano, & other useless nonproductive dependent sharia states wait for every month for survival.

'..the Helicopter will cost Nigeria $40m' ... and so what? IBB whose state contributes 0% to the continent's vault stole $12.7b billion dollars in 1991 during the Kuwaiti gulf war. Only last month, the cowardly & stupid Yoruba judges, taking orders from their Fulani masters in Illorin, ruled that IBB can't be prosecuted. But this man stole 12.7 billion dollars. Now u accuse Great Jona of an insignificant $40m. Nonsense. Did OBJ not order presidential Jet worth 18b dollars? Can d whole of d West produce that money in a millenium if they do not steal from d SS oil?

Jona shud immediately build alternate capital cities in the SS&SE territory such as Warri, PH & Enugu just as the Fulani built abuja while in Lagos.

Long live the United States of the SS&SE

JONNATHAN HELICOPTER

You can see. That s why they are not fixing the roads. It will crash by God s grace. Jonathan must start praying so the luxury copters will not take his life.

Haba!why on earth pple like

Haba!why on earth pple like this shamless lndividual harssed n intimldated the hausa/fulani.Are they not Nigerians?afterall the oil ln the Niger Delter was was explored and refined at the initial stage with money generated from the groundnut and cotton revenue and who dammed to make noices about that.Therefore,shut up your dirty mouth n stop castigating the Hausa/Fulani or otherwise suffer the consequencies.

YOU TAKE HEART SULTAN OIL!

If oil belongs to you Sultan of oil does the whole Nigeria belongs to you then? Are you sure the whole money you steal is from oil? Why do you think stealing is good for you?

Corruption all the way.

Gej's government is like a tin of sardine and all Nigerians are crammed up in it. We are really suffocating here, no windows, hey! no fresh air at all. indeed he will not finish this tenure. Any reader should mark this note because the prediction will come true.
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Sahara Reporter of Gossips

Another gossip believed only by fools. Even if, without conceding, the president intends to buy a jet, it must be absolutely necessary. The NASS is there to vet all expenses by the presidency. In that NASS, there are CPC members (the party of 'saint' or 'thief' Buhari) and ACN members. Even within the PDP, GEJ is getting fierce opposition from hausa-fulani PDP members. Therefore, in the face of stiff opposition from the NASS, GEJ cannot have a free hand to spend on frivolities.
I know that as reasonable as my explanations sound, it will not stop HATERS, ALARMIST and SEE-NO-GOOD mischief makers from hating and hurling insults.

Stop Hausa/ foolani Insult Of Sultanofsokoto

Instead of raining insults on the great sultanofsokoto, why dont you Hausa-foolanis breakout from Nigeria and form your own Arewa republic where you can manage your own resources better and practice your islamic religion thoroughly. One did not see any of you foolanis complaining when Abacha, Abdulsalami, Muritala, Buhari, Shagari, Evil plane bomber, IBB, and Yaradua took their turns ravaging and stealing the resources of Niger Delta to build Abuja, and most recently, Nasarawa state?

I have news for you Hausa/foolanis: the article that amalgamated Nigeria in 1914 has a clause in it that says that the union has to be reevaluated after 100 years (2014) to see if the union is working. Obviously it is not working, so, come 2014, there may not be a country called Nigeria.

Jonathan is deadlier than Boko Haram

When Oronto Douglas' Dad died, the funeral was supposed to be a private affairs. Two badly mantained Nigerian Helicopters (due to corruption) were put at his disposal. Governor of Kaduna (former now, that is) was so busy he had to attend the funeral in the Delta. The rest is history now! Tell me good people of Nigeria, the maxim says: You don't give what you dont have. So if these politicians don't give a toss (or a damn) about their own lives, why do you think they will give a toss (or a damn) about yours?

Why are the Mohammedans

Why are the Mohammedans insulting sultanofsokoto? What is wrong with his comment? You all know very well that it is because of the crude oil from the South that we have One Nigeria.

When Col Jack Gowon was about to make his cessation speech in January 1966 was it not his British mentor that prevented him, alerting him to the huge deposits of oil in the Eastern Region. We all have read the history of Nigeria and we know who is who. I have been following the comments of sultanofsokoto. They are always adrem(to the point), only that the truth hurts. The truth hurts the Nigerian Mohammedans particularly.

@sanusi a yaraduwa

Mallam take heart, that´s what i call a chain reaction, ibb, abacha, abubakar, buhari, muritala, did their own damage or didn´t they?

I for one can´t wait while really not wanting to wish my life away, but i wish it was 2015 already. We in the south know that you mallams have one overriding aim: to keep Nigeria one by terror and all other foul means but this time around sanusi, we are well prepared for you, forget what jona and all those theiving southern "elites" are telling you. You go see.

Tired and Sick Nigeria

Nigeria under President Jonathan is miserably and shamefully sick. Mr Jonathan will remain the worst president Nigeria ever had. Thank God my right thumb was not involved during the votes. At least that gives me long personal rest. It is a miserable stench of air that we are breathing.
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@Mahmoud Lawal

"And who told you that there is no oil in the North? Have you heard of Zinder in Niger, less than a 100km from Katsina,"

Aha... mallam una wicked sha...you are now claiming an area in another country as yours? Is that what your madrasa imam told you? There is nothing mallam will not do for free oil money, anyway we´ve always known that most of you are immigrants....mallam there is no accounting for stupidity, really . I guess after our division, all the oil producing areas  will be part of the North abi?

Like they say, it is differcult to shake off a hardened and desperate hooker but latest 2015 the free ride will be over... Trust me.

Pls move on to bothering someone else with your wayo "one nigeria". 

Goodluck regime the most corrupt in Nigeria

in the anal of the country history this is the mist corrupt and clueleness, oh! Nigeia your in the hand of the most non focus, ineptitude, non directiona and most corrupt leadership in the sajourn planet earth as at today, God for the benifit of thr children living, yet to be born, plants and animals on this coutry we seek your devine intervention to bring an end to the nuisance going on currently in the name of leadership,oh God your the most powerful, we are powerless we nerd your help.

SULTAN OF OIL DREAMS

One cannot imagine what type of animals Nigeria comprises. For good example, read the comment of one funny savage calling himself SULTAN OF SOKOTO. His main concern is oil money. By the time Nigerian money is being mismanaged by a group of ethno-religious thugs headed by the junk from the creeks, the savage has been busy legitimizing the looting and theft carried out by his demi-god and his team. 2015 will teach them a good lesson.

This is somebody that says he

This is somebody that says he used to go school barefooted, and yet engaging in this type of extravagance, Allah ya isa.

Another Jet?

They want to buy an additional Jet in a country without her own national carrier. Our leaders should start thinking well & emulate countries like Ethiopia with a thriving national carrier since 1945. My last word to them is, if they think they can avoid using our very bad road network & moribund rail lines, they cannot escape the judgement of GOD!

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