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October 15

jfphelan

The other thing the Nigerian government (and maybe the US gov, too) might want to look into is that of the 4 planes whose tail numbers you can read in the photo, only one actually shows up in the FAA registry. The others all come back as Unassigned in the registry.

October 15

CaptainKirk

Nigeria isn’t known for its wealthy citizens complying with demands from the government for cash. Politicians will no doubt come up with a reason why the owners are exempt!

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October 15

FlyerDon

Why do bad things happen to good people?

October 15

dcmarotta

“It’s not clear how they would be prevented from flying.”

The Denver Boot…

October 15 ▶ CaptainKirk

Jim_Kabrajee

No Doubt, they will be exempt once the politicians are paid (individually).

October 15

Mad.Dog

That pic does not look real!

October 20

Andreas

A quick Google search on this photo reveals that it has been used on the internet since at least 2009 for similar stories, and this topic of Nigeria imposing a luxury tax on private jets, in one way or another, has been reported regularly since 2013 at least.