Over the weekend, it was discovered that three of the Presidential Air Fleet's (PAF) aircraft are going to be auctioned.DISCLOSED: Tinubu Sold Three Presidential Jets The fleet now consists of 10 aircraft (6 jets and 4 helicopters), however that number will drop to 7 if the intended action proceeds as plan This is one of the ways the Tinubu Administration is cutting costs, an official told our correspondent. The intention to sell two aircraft from the fleet was shelved during President Muhammadu Buhari's presidency. A Beechcraft Hawker 4000 business jet and a Dassault Falcon 7x executive jet were listed for sale in October 2016. After first agreeing to pay $24 million for the two planes, the favored bidders subsequently lowered their offer to $11 million. The government in place at the time rejected this. After that, a proposal was started to put some of the aircraft up for bidding for governors who would be prepared to use them as revenue generators, which wou
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