MUST SEE: Nigeria Customs Service Uses THIS Jet To Patrol Border

Nigeria Customs Service releases the official photos of border patrol aircraft – Cessna CJ4 Surveillance Aircraft.

Cessna CJ4 Surveillance Aircraft

The wing is unusual because it has a very noticeable sweep — 12.5 degrees — of the leading edge but a straight trailing edge.

The plane is used by the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd)

The service seemingly answered to critics that its boss is flying private jet on his official trips.

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The interior is offered with a standard 6-place interior. An optional 2-place side facing divan with a smaller refreshment center can be installed to accommodate up to eight passengers.

Nigerians commenting photo on of the service supposed that this is not a surveillance aircraft but a private jet.

Etuk Samuel Boniface said: “This is no surveillance aircraft but a private jet, I expected seeing helicopters with surveillance gears not this.”

Olawuwo Success Abiodun asked: “I hope this is not real,Cessna CJ4 for border patrol? Then chopper is for what? We are tired of this type of leadership.”

The Cessna Citation CJ4 is the newest and largest model of the Citation CJ line.

The Cessna Citation CJ4 is the newest and largest model of the Citation CJ line.

Idemili Innocent added: “Jets are for luxurious life while you can use Choppers for surveillance.”

Emmanuel Chukwuemeka Emelike on his own part, stated: “This one that looks like a private jet, how can this one be possibly used for patrols and maneuvers when it comes to catching smugglers. Who advised them on the acquisition of this liability?”

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Actually, the Cessna CitationJet/CJ are American turbofan-powered light corporate jets built by the Cessna Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas. CJ4 (Model 525C) is part of the Citation business jet family. The Citation I a brand of business jets encompasses seven distinct “families” of aircraft.

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Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) used this jet while flying to Lagos state.

However the aircraft, , with registration number 5N-DIA, was commissioned by the Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of the immediate past government of Goodluck Jonathan at the domestic wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

Federal Executive Council approved N1.7 billion for acquisition of this supposedly surveillance jet.

Should President Muhammadu Buhari and his government use such aircraft?

 

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