Boko Haram Founder, Ali Modu Sheriff Concludes Plan to Start New Airline

His name has come up in the news at different times because of his involvement in the formation of the dreaded Boko Haram group, which has been terrorizing the country for some years now. Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, a serving Nigerian Senator and former governor of Borno State, who arrest many have been clamoring for, seems to be waxing stronger even in the face of serious opposition. Information reaching us is that the senator has concluded plans to start the operations of his own airline.

It started some months back when former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu acquired Bellview, now First Nation, and was finalizing plans of starting operations. The name of the Senator Modu Sheriff-owned “Sky Bird” airline first got a mention together with some other airlines seeking clearance from the government then. Investigations confirmed that the airline, headed by Ayodele Samuel, is in the final stage of its preparation and will soon begin operations.

Ali Modu Sheriff will be the third former governor in Nigeria’s current democratic era to own an airline, the first being the former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, who founded Slok Airline, which was forced out of Nigeria to later become the national carrier of some African countries. Bola Tinubu who bought over Belview Airline which is now known as First Nation Airline is the second while Modu Sheriff will become the third of such to invest heavily in the aviation industry.

Sheriff who does not want to leave any stone unturned, we can confirm, also has the expertise of foreign aviation consultants in Rick Asper and C.A Sosther, who have been on ground to ensure the arrangement and organization of the airline are done perfectly and on time to meet the kick-off date, which has been fixed at sometime before the second quarter of the year.

It is expected that the company would have by now collected its Air Operation Certificate (AOC), as it was being processed the same time as that of the First Nation which has since begun operation. All other required documents and permits to effect hitch-free operations of the airline when it finally starts have been obtained.

Further information revealed the Airline will be starting operations with five new aircraft.