The Presidency on Sunday even more clarified why President Muhammadu Buhari canceled his journey to Zamfara State, last Thursday.

A statement by spokesperson, Garba Shehu, recalled that the President, in a special broadcast, pointed out abrupt deterioration of the weather as the factor.

Shehu noted that it is not unusual for flights to get cancelled when there is bad weather was the case.

He said numerous cities are understood to struggle with low exposure during the harmattan season.

“A kilometre of exposure is usually a basic landing minimum requirement however when it comes to Gusau on the day in question, this minimum requirement of 1,000 meter was down, varying between 300-400 meters”, he described.

The presidency stated the scenario was unsafe in the absence of accurate instrument methods that supply guidance for the pilots.

He lambasted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for stating Buhari failed to use Sokoto-Gusau by road, “a distance of about 200 kilometres”, due to insecurity.

“The party either a lack of understanding of presidential motions particularly for a party that held that office for sixteen years, or an act that resembles mischief. Whatever hold true, there should be a limitation to trivialization”, the statement read.

It added that all over the world, Commanders-in-Chief, serving or those that have left workplace, “can not hop into an automobile and go anywhere they desire, at any time of the day”.

Shehu said when roadways are closed for presidential movements, factor to consider is also provided to the safety of other roadway users, not simply that of the President or Governor.

“The declaration on the concern by the PDP assaulting the President for not making it to Gusau without this being planned ahead of the journey is shameful and disgraceful for a party that held the presidency of the nation in the past. What is their own record?

“It is unfortunate for the nation that the personal bankruptcy of issues has actually forced the PDP, so-called leading opposition party, to hang on to life by just telling lies. And their caravan of fraud has actually moved even more speedily following the inauguration of their not-so-new national executive at the end of last year.”

He told Zamfara political stars, who claim the cancellation was a success for their faction of the APC utilizing videos and tunes, to understand that their joy is a short lived one.

The presidential assistant reiterated that as guaranteed in his address, Buhari will visit Gusau in matter of time.