Jubilation as First International Flight Lands in Akanu Ibiam Airport, Enugu

**this is the first time the Igbos are opportune to
leave the country from their own land for nearly
45 years.
It was jubilation galore, Saturday, as the first
international aircraft, the Ethiopian Airline Boeing
737-800 ET-APL landed at the Akanu Ibiam
International Airport, Enugu.
The aircraft which took off from Addis Ababa, the
Ethiopian capital touched down at the
reconstructed Enugu airport at 12.13pm. It's
safe arrival sparked jubilation from the cultural
troupes, airport workers and a the huge crowd
that assembled to welcome it. The crowd was
made up of people from the five South East
states, who showered praises on President
Goodluck Jonathan for fulfilling his promise to
give Ndigbo an international airport.
As the Boeing 737-800 marked ET-APL taxied
along the tarmac, it was 'baptized' with a "flood
and flush" of clean water from the two fire
fighting trucks stationed on both sides of the
tarmac until it was almost covered with the
"flush-and-splatter of water".
An official of Federal Airports Authority of
Nigeria, FAAN, said the flood of water on the
aircraft was a way of "toasting it" to mark the
celebration of its safe arrival.
The arrival of the plane marked an end of an era
of blockage placed on Ndi Igbo, as this is the
first time the Igbos are opportune to leave the
country from their own land for nearly 45 years