13 Former N'Delta Militants Dropped by Lufthansa Flight School Because of Buhari

13 Nigerians from the Niger Delta region undergoing commercial point training at the Lufthansa Flight Training School in Frankfurt, have been sent away because President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to release money for the required fees.


According to VANGUARD, the Nigerian pilots who would have graduated from the prestigious aviation training institution, were axed last Friday due to their inability to pay for sundry fees stipulated in their training manual. The fees were for accommodation and training logistics.

Also, six of the pilots who had already completed their training had their licenses withheld by the school. Two of the students sent home for non-payment, had only one test to complete their Programme for Commercial Pilot Licence, one was in his final stage of the CPL test while four had just started their type rating test and would have completed next month.

An unnamed source at the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, claims that there is money in the account of the agency with the Central Bank of Nigeria but that there was no signatory to authorize the payment as President Buhari is yet to name a Special Adviser on Niger Delta, who doubles as the chairman of the PAP and is the chief executive of the agency.