Minister Of Power, Adelabu Breaks Silence Over Jet Crash
Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, on Saturday, allayed fears about his safety following Friday’s incident near the Ladoke Akintola Airport in Ibadan, Oyo.
Speaking with a source close to the Minister in Ibadan Adelabu was in good spirits and not perturbed by the incident.
Recall that the private aircraft which had the minister and some of his aides had crash-landed near the airport late Friday evening.
The Minister feels the incident is not something to worry about. It was a minor thing, and that is how he has taken it.
He further said that the Minister was particularly not worried by the incident because it did not involve any of the passengers leaving with any injury.
Everyone on board the aircraft when the incident happened alighted without any problem, and we had no cause to worry.
The aircraft had departed Abuja with Ibadan as its destination, but it landed about 50 metres short of the threshold and skidded into a ditch close to the runway.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), in a statement issued on Saturday, said it had commenced in nvestigatinvestigation the cause of the incident.
On the accident involving an aircraft operated by Flint Aero which occurred at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport Ibadan, please be informed that the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has commencannan investigation into the cause.”
Our investigators are on site and further information will be provided as soon as possible,” NSIB said in the statement issued by its Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Dr James Odaudu.
