“The airline management paid me one and half months’ salary arrears and claimed that I was not their staff.
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Sam Adurogboye, the Deputy General Manager of the NCAA, told newsmen in Lagos that nine beneficiaries had been paid, while 13 had their claims prepared, awaiting payment
Aside this, Sanusi was accused of spending close to N2 billion on air charter for the local distribution of currencies, with one of the benefitting airlines, Emirate Airlines, not operating locally in Nigeria
The aircraft landed successfully but could not make it to the point of disembarking
The crew discussed some concerns about the aircraft prior to departure but at this time we are not prepared to elaborate on those concerns as there remains a lot of work to complete on the CVR analysis in order to determine the specific nature of the crew’s concerns
The aircraft, which crashed less than three minutes after take-off from Runway 18L of the airport, had 20 souls on board, including seven members
Captain Fola Akinkuotu, the Director-General of the NCAA, announced the suspension of the airline’s operations at a press briefing at the General Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos State
It prayed that God will give Agagu’s family and the families of all the victims the grace and strength to tide over the calamitous occurrence and the difficult days ahead
Igbinedion, a former Chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum, in a statement while commiserating with the families of the deceased, said: “My attention has been drawn to the news report linking myself with the ownership of the Associated Aviation Limited, the airline that operates the Embraer 120 aircraft with registration number SCD 361 and to state without iota of doubt that I have no interest whatsoever in the airline
In a statement endorsed by its Secretary-General, Chief Idowu Sofola (SAN), the group, which broke up its meeting chaired by its Chairman, General Adeyinka Adebayo (rtd), when it heard the sad news, noted: “Yoruba Council of Elders received with shock and and deep sorrow the unfortunate air crash
However, while the NCAA on Friday gave the manufacturing and registration dates of the aircraft in Nigeria as 1987, the airline said the aircraft was manufactured in 1990
The church was also filled to capacity, even as the corpse of the former governor was still being awaited as at the time of filing this report
The Embraer-120 aircraft, with registration number 5N-BJY, was operated by Associated Airlines and was on a private charter flight from Lagos to Akure, Ondo State
A terse message signed by the former Vice President’s media office in Abuja, said the news of the air crash and the resultant deaths was difficult to believe, yet true
The burial is scheduled for Iju-Odo in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State on Friday
In the full list released, the name of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s son, Gbenga, was not there
The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Niger State, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, on Thursday called for a thorough investigation into the circumstances leading to the crash, with a view to preventing a reoccurrence