TODAY 13 June 2013 has been a very beautiful day except
for the fearful news that was spreading on social media during the early hours
of this morning that there has been a plane crash in Igando, a Lagos suburb. The National
Emergency Management Agency NEMA spokesperson for South-West, Ibrahim Farinloye
debunked the rumour saying that it was a scrap airplane that is being evacuated
from the airport. He clarified that the aircraft was at Mangoro and not Igando
as was being circulated in social media.
"It was just
the scrap of an aircraft that was being evacuated from the airport, the federal
government had issued a directive that all scrap aircraft be evacuated from all
airports, as well as scrap ships from our waterways," Mr. Farinloye told
news men. He further said that "The evacuation is usually done at night to
forestall this kind of public misinformation by mischief makers. We were there
at 11.20 p.m. yesterday," he added.
The airplane that triggered this whole panic is a junk
plane belonging to late Gabriel Oduyemi founder of Bethel Ministries. The
American registered aircraft, marked- N972TF, with inscription G O, Gabriel
Oduyemi Crusades was being towed from the Murtala Muhammed International
Airport in Ikeja area of Lagos and dumped near Dapsey petrol station in Igando
area of the state. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Airspace Management
Agency, NAMA, Engineer Nnamdi Udoh said in a statement that the aircraft
belonging to the late clergyman had long been parked at a NAMA facility up till
Wednesday night when it was eventually removed. Udoh said the aircraft
was released to Captain M.J.Ekeinde who will be using it for educational
purposes in Badagry, Lagos. He said a cross section of the wings was removed to
ease transportation to its new location.
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