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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