CITIZENS COMPASS —A private jet with about 10 passengers including Very Important Personalities (VIPs) on board, has crash-landed in Ibadan, Oyo State.
This occurred barely 10 days after an explosion was recorded in Bodija area of Ibadan.
An impeccable source said the jet crash-landed on Friday at about 11 am at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport.
It was gathered that the jet with registration number, N580KR, missed the runway into the nearby bush.
It was learnt that firefighters and rescue officials from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) were immediately deployed to the scene. But there was no death or casualty recorded.
In a telephone conversation, spokesperson, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Carol Adekotujo, who confirmed the accident said, “It was a private plane from Abuja. It landed safely but overshot the runway. There was no casualty. “
When contacted, a spokesman for the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, Tunji Oketunmbi, said he would revert but he was yet to do so as of press time.
