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Last minute, Buhari names Ebonyi Airport after Chuba Okadigbo

Onyeka by Onyeka
May 29, 2023
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Few hours to leave office, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renaming of 15 airports after some prominent Nigerians, AnambraPeople reports.

As a consequence, the Ebonyi International Airport has been named after a former Senate President, the late Dr Chuba Wilberforce Okadigbo.

Okadigbo was a personal friend and running mate to Buhari in the 2023 presidential elections on the platform of the ANPP.

Okadigbo, known as Oyi of Oyi, hailed from Ogbunike, in the Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State.

The approval for the renaming of about 15 airports according to a statement from the Ministry of Aviation signed by the Head of Press and Public Affairs, Odutayo Oluseyi, was given on Friday.

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The airports include Akure International Airport named after Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu; Benin International Airport now known as Oba Akinzua ii; Dutse International Airport renamed Muhammed Nuhu Sanusi; Ebonyi International Airport now known as Okadigbo Chuba Wilberforce; and Gombe International Airport renamed Brigadier Zakari Maimalari.
They also include Ibadan International Airport (Samuel Ladoke Akintola); Ilorin International Airport (General Tunde Abdullahi Idiagbon); Kaduna International Airport (Gen. Hassan Usman Katsina); and Maiduguri International Airport (President Muhammadu Buhari).

Others are Makurdi International Airport renamed after Joseph Sarwuan Tarka; Minna International Airport renamed Mall. Abubakar Imam; Nasarrawa International Airport named after Sheikh Usman Danfodio; Osubi International Airport renamed Alfred Diete Spiff; Port Harcourt International Airport renamed Obafemi Jeremiah Awolowo and Yola International Airport now known as Lamido Aliyu Mustapha Airport.

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