LAGOS, Nigeria(VOICE OF NAIJA) – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has disclosed that the recent incident involving a near crash, which he and his aides encountered, may have been caused by intentional interference with the aircraft’s engines.
It was earlier reported that an aircraft carrying Governor Adeleke and several of his aides narrowly escaped a catastrophic crash when the private jet owned by billionaire businessman Chief Adedeji Adeleke, caught fire at the take-off point at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos on September 5.
Confirming the authenticity of the report, The spokesperson for the Osun State Governor, Olawale Rasheed, in an official statement released on Sunday, revealed that preliminary findings from an internal investigation point towards acts of sabotage.
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Rasheed made a disclosure affirming that the presence of bird nests on the aircraft is highly unlikely due to its meticulous maintenance.
The statement read, “Contrary to the claim by the hanger owner that birds’ nests caused the incident, birds’ nests are made with straws, not bidding wires as in this case.
“The near-fatal incident was averted shortly after boarding and less than two minutes after commencement of taxing on the tarmac.
“An early warning noise from the engines immediately prompted the pilots to direct evacuation of the passengers. Everything happened within five minutes.
“Early reports from the internal investigation indicated sabotage. But the authorities, locally and internationally, are still investigating the incident.”
