By Chinenye Festus:-
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday visited the scene of the Helicopter crash.
Sanwo-Olu stated he could have come immediately after the incident occurred but he was out of town, and made it a point of duty to come and visit the residents before another day passes.
The governor, also rejoiced with with the residence of both buildings where the crash occurred, he was overjoyed that they didn’t record any casualty.
A Bell 206 helicopter, belonging to Quorum Aviation, was traveling from Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital to Lagos but unfortunately it crashed into a residential building in the Opebi area of Lagos at mid-day on Friday.
The Lagos State Emergency Agency shortly after the crash, confirmed that two persons died in the accident, with the third person taken to the Lagos State Teaching Hospital for treatment, but it was confirmed by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) later on Friday that the third person died in the hospital.
The AIB said it will not rest until it finds out what led to the crash as they have commenced investigations to that effect.
They also urged eyewitnesses and general public who have clips or saw the helicopter before it crashed to share it with them as it will aid and fasten their investigation.
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