Read full details of how Atiku, others were prevented from leaving airport after campaign

  • Some official of the Yakubu Gowon Airport has shut down the facility leaving members of the Atiku/Okowa campaign team stranded in Jos, Plateau state
  • The team including the PDP flag bearer’s security details and journalists could not take off after attending a rally in Jos
  • The opposition has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of ordering the shutdown of the airport

The 2023 presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and some of his team members were left stranded at the Yakubu Gowon Airport in Jos, Plateau state.

It was gathered that the team numbering about 100 including some media crew members were already seen on the tarmac but were prevented from flying after concluding the party’s presidential campaign rally in the state on Tuesday, December 13.