The federal government has placed the approximately two-year-old Boeing 737-700 commercial jet (BBJ) on the listing hosted by AMAC Aerospace in Basel, Switzerland.
Vanguard reported that sources within the president said that after serving for more than 19 years, the maintenance of the BBJ and the security scrutiny was increasingly expensive, especially after mechanical incidents during a formal trip to Saudi Arabia in April 2024.
The plane was used during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and was acquired in 2005 for $43 million, after a few months after President Bola Tinubu’s transition to the refurbished Airbus A330-200 last August.
The aircraft was inspected and maintained in preparation for sale.
Nigeria’s presidential air fleet is supervised by the Nigerian Air Force and the Office of National Security Advisor, with about 10 aircraft.
These include fixed wings such as the 13-year-old Gulfstream Aviation G550, Gulfstream G500, two Falcon 7x, Hawk 4000 and Challenger 605.
Three of the seven fixed wings are reportedly unusable.
The disclosure of the sale of Boeing 737-700 Commercial Jet (BBJ) was conducted through the US aircraft listing website
