N150bn presidential jet returns from South Africa after refurbishment

N150bn presidential jet returns from South Africa after refurbishment

Nigeria’s newly acquired N150bn presidential jet has been flown back to the country after months in South Africa, where it underwent a full livery change to the nation’s green and white colours.

The Airbus A330-200 was spotted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Wednesday.

Photographs posted on Thursday by aviation-tracking account @Abuja_Aviation on Instagram showed the twin-engine, wide-body aircraft, tail number 5N-FGA, parked at the Presidential Wing of the airport.

The aircraft is painted almost entirely white, with green-white-green stripes running the full length of its fuselage and an emblem of the Nigerian Air Force crest on the forward fuselage near the cockpit windows on both sides