A former Governor of Akwa Ibom State,
Senator Godswill Akpabio, was on Tuesday afternoon flown out of Nigeria
to receive medical attention abroad.
It was learnt that the senator, in
company with about five of his aides, left the Nnamdi Azikiwe
International Airport, Abuja aboard a regular private jet that he
usually travels with.
Sources at the airport said that Akpabio and his team arrived at the General Aviation
Terminal, local wing, of the airport around 12.40pm.
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It was learnt that the former governor
was conveyed to his aircraft by a tarmac bus and was fit physically when
sighted at the airport.
An official of the Federal Airports
Authority of Nigeria, who saw the senator while he was about to board
his aircraft, said, “He (Akpabio) was at the GAT local wing of the
airport and one of the tarmac buses was used to convey him to his
aircraft. He left around 20 minutes to 1pm.
“The
flight conveying him on the trip taxied to the international terminal
from where it took off. The former governor travelled with his own
private flight and had about five persons who accompanied him on the
trip. He looked physically okay, although some of the men with him said
he might receive medical attention abroad due to the car crash he was
involved in on Monday.”
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