It has been reported that the ill-fated helicopter, that the
governor of Kaduna state, Patrick Yakowa, a former National Security Adviser,
Owoye Azazi, and four others, were travelling in, burst into flames, before
plunging into the creeks.
The Presidency released a statement last night, confirming
that Yakowa and Azazi, and their aides, Dauda Tsoho and Mohammed Kama; and the
pilots, Murtala Daba and Adeyemi Sowole, reportedly died in the crash. Eye
witnesses say they were burnt beyond recognition.
The chopper is owned by the Nigerian Navy and is said to
have been shuttling repeatedly between Port Harcourt, Yenogoa and Okoroba, the
town where an aide to President Goodluck Jonathan, Oronto Douglas, was burying
his father over the weekend. The governor and the former Security chief, were
on their way to Port Harcourt, enroute Abuja.
Multiple reports say the carrier wobbled shortly after it
stabilized in air and then plummeted into the swamps around 2.30pm.
This is the third air disaster this year, after a Dana plane
crashed on June 3, killing all 153 passengers on board. Another crash which
involved Taraba State’s governor, Danbaba Suntai, occured in October, leaving
him brain-dead.
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