Bashir Ahmad has reacted to the report of him using the Presidential Jet for his wedding which held on Friday.
In a post he updated on his Twitter page, the media aide to President Buhari refuted the claims he flew his friends and family in the Presidential Jet to the wedding venue in Katsina state.
According to him, the photos of him and his friends with representatives of the President that went viral on social media, were taken when he went to receive the representatives at the airport.
He wrote:
Bashir Ahmad and his friends traveled to Katsina on Thursday by road, proceeded to Kano after the wedding on Friday and they will leave Kano for Abuja by road after the events. This was when I led my friends to receive President @MBuhari
’s representatives at the airport. #Smile
A report by Sahara Reporters however has it that President Muhammadu Buhari released the Presidential Jet for the use of Minister of Defence, Bashir Salihi Magashi, Minister of Communication, Dr Isa Ali Pantami and GMD NNPC, Mele Kolo Kyari to attend the wedding.
Bashir got married to his love interest, Naeemah at GRA Juma’at Mosque, Katsina after Jumat prayer.
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