Patience Jonathan Causes Shutdown of Port Harcourt Airspace for over 4 Hours

The airspace of the Port Harcourt airport was shut for over four hours yesterday due to the movement of the First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan out of the state.

It was observed that the authorities of the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, decided to shut the airspace in respect of Mrs. Jonathan, who was supposed to leave the Rivers State capital for Abuja after the burial rites of her foster mother, late Madam Charity Oba.

It was gathered that the development paralyzed activities at the airport on Monday. 

Mrs. Jonathan was scheduled to depart Port Harcourt airport, with an 11.45am flight to Abuja, but the flight was delayed till 5pm.

As a result of this, the activities of commercial flights were affected and there was no movement of planes to and from the airport between 12.30pm and 5pm when she finally departed.

Photos From Bola Tinubu's Mother's Burial;Tambuwal, Fayemi, Oshiomhole & Others Present

 

Mother of former Lagos State governor and Action Congress of Nigeria chieftain, Bola Tinubu, was buried in Lagos yesterday June 16 according to Islamic rites.

Abibat Asabi Mogaji, 96 died at her residence in Ikeja on Saturday evening, June 15.

The speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, and the chairman of the ACN, Bisi Akande were at the burial ceremony  including other ACN governors.

The late Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji

"I’ll miss her lunch even when I am full. I am very happy that she is my mother. She is a very successful mother. She is a good leader. She didn’t put anyone in suffering before she departed from this world. She is so kind and God was also kind to her. She is a good thinker, passionate and compassionate. She has left a very good legacy for everyone,"

Tinubu said paying tribute to his mother.








See other photos from the burial below: