The location in Ikogosi in Ekiti West Local Government Area
of Ekiti where the first plane crash was recorded in 1942, is to be converted
to tourist centre.
The Special Adviser to the state Governor on Tourism
Development, Mr. Segun Ologunleko, who inspected the crash site on Wednesday in
Ikogosi-Ekiti, said the decision was to turn the state into attractive tourism
destination in West Africa.
The Ikogosi town is also famous for being the home to warm
and cold water co-existing together on the same spot.
He said government’s determination to make the state a place
where people could visit and see the relics of the airplane would complement
the appeal of the warm spring in the area.
Speaking on the crashed plane, one of the elders of the
Community, who claimed to be an eye witness to the incident, Pa. Olu Adeniyi,
recalled that the plane crashed on April 12, 1942 at about 8.15 p.m.
According to him, it was a war plane that contained arms and
ammunition, including explosives that went off with loud bang throughout the
night.
Visible at the site, were the relics of the two engines of
the plane and other aluminium and metal materials.
- Vanguard
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