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FG Reopens Ibadan Airport

THE Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport, Ibadan has been reopened, two days after it was shut down.

The airport was shut down due to an incident involving a chartered jet belonging to Flint Aero firm.

The chartered jet which had onboard the minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, and some of his aides skidded off the airport runway on landing and subsequently got stuck in a bushy part of the airport.

The incident forced airlines operating in the airport to suspend their flights.  

Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority – NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu, who confirmed this, said the airport has been reopened but for visual daylight operations only.

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