Two former Governors and leading aspirants to the position of National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Senators Umaru Tanko Al-Makura and Ali Modu Sheriff, were on Saturday (5th February 2022) prevented from traveling to Katsina State for the turbaning ceremony of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi as the Dan Amanar Daura by the Daura Emirate Council.
Others trapped at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, were Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, Senator Ali Ndume as well ss other 21 serving Senators and 42 former Senators.
56 House of Representatives members, 50 former members of the House of Representatives, and 13 former Speakers of State Houses of Assembly, 7 former Deputy Governors, Ambassadors, Emirs as well as Royal father’s, former and serving Vice Chancellors of different universities in the country, were also trapped at the Airport.
The bad weather which affected flight operations, left those dignitaries stranded at the airport, and sources at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) blamed the flight disruption on bad weather.
Daura, the home town of President Mohammadu Buhari, led by the Emir, Alhaji Umar Faruke Umar was turbaning the Transport Minister, Rotimi Ameachi, as the Dan Amanar Daura, which means- Trusted Son of Daura.
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