Mike Adenuga lands in Paris the week of the Choose France Summit

Mike Adenuga flew from Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos to Paris-Le Bourget on June 18, 2026, a six-hour crossing in his Dassault Falcon 8X. The flight lands the same week the Choose France Summit is underway at Versailles, where President Emmanuel Macron is hosting global CEOs from Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Microsoft to promote foreign investment. Nigeria received preferential treatment at the summit, with Macron personally appointing BUA Group chairman Abdul Samad Rabiu as inaugural president of the newly-launched French Nigeria Business Council. Adenuga is a named member of that council, alongside Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu, and Herbert Wigwe, per thisdaylive.com.

The summit is the clearest explanation for the trip. Adenuga’s presence in Paris — he owns a Falcon 8X nicknamed ‘Sisi Paris’ — aligns with his pattern of pan-African business travel. His recent flights show a June 5 movement from Istanbul to Belgrade and a May 27 hop within Ghana, suggesting the Paris stop is a deliberate insertion into the Macron-Rabiu diplomatic orbit rather than a routine visit to his London Biggin Hill base. The Choose France Summit, now in its sixth edition, aims to channel Middle Eastern and Nigerian capital into French industrial zones; Adenuga’s attendance signals his telecom and oil interests are being repositioned for the Franco-Nigerian trade corridor.