Four persons were on Tuesday rescued when a private training jet crashed in the Ikeja area of Lagos. The jet crashed along the Oba...
According to a statement by Adeseye Margaret, director of Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, the incident when the jet crashed into “an old communication pole opposite UBA, inward Ikeja bus stop on Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja Lagos”.Advertisement
“The community brought out fire extinguishers and all other things. This area has a lot of dangerous stuff like gas and petrol stations. The bureau, in a statement by Tunji Oketunbi, general manager of public affairs, said it has been “notified and commenced an investigation into the accident which occurred around a little after 1500hrs local time on August 1, 2023″.
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