The Presidency on Tuesday reacted to rumours making
round via social media about the possible cause of last Sunday Dana plane crash
in Lagos citing VIP movement involving Dame Patience Jonathan, wife of
Nigeria’s president.
A Dana MD-83 airplane crashed on Sunday in Lagos, killing the 153 people on board and an unknown number of others on the ground.
The plane according
to the rumour being peddled crashed because the airspace was closed for the
First Lady’s movement in Lagos.
In a press statement
signed by Ayo Osinlu, the Special assistant to the President, office of the
First Lady, the presidency said:
“Our attention has
been drawn to the orchestrated plan to politicize the Sunday Dana Air crash in
Lagos in which many people lost their lives, through rumours about the possible
cause of the accident citing VIP movement involving the wife of the President.
“We consider it
callous, inhuman and devilish for anyone to have thought of wrapping such
national calamity in political garb by insinuating that the plane crashed
because the airspace was closed for the First Lady’s movement in Lagos.
“For the avoidance
of doubt, the First Lady arrived Lagos at about 2pm on Saturday, 2nd June, 2012
for a private engagement and was billed to leave for Abuja on Monday, 4th June,
2012.
“In compliance with
her itinerary, the First Lady arrived Lagos on Saturday. She was at a public
event on Sunday when the accident occurred and promptly abandoned the ceremony
as a mark of respect for the victims and retired to the State House, Marina.
She left Lagos at exactly 13.15hrs on Monday, 4th June, 2012, according to
schedule.
“It is therefore
surprising that some mischievous persons will see this moment of National
mourning as an opportunity to blackmail and impugn the First Lady’s integrity.
“This is the time
for all Nigerians to be sober and pray for the repose of the souls of the
victims and not a time to subordinate the interests of our nation to narrow
self-serving interests,” the statement reads.
The statement said
that “Mrs Jonathan had no intention to travel on Sunday and never did. Like all
Nigerians, she has been mourning the dead.”
Below is the article that stated the First Lady's alleged involvement in the crash.
Dana plane
that crashed in Lagos allegedly was distressed for a while but could not
make an emergency landing because the airspace was closed for 2 hours for
the Presidential
Jet carrying Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan."
Private jet owners who had to hover in the air same time leaked this. This was apparently the reason local news didn't report the crash for so long till CNN and foreign news stations started reporting it.
Local news was 'blacked out' trying to kill the story of the airspace being closed while a distressed plane couldn't land.
It would be shocking if so. Though there was engine failure there was still time for the plane to have landed apparently.
You do know anyway that the airspace is closed for up to 2hours each time the Presidential Jet needs to go into the air? 2 hours for a 15minute take off or landing!
And this jet is used by President, VP, President's wife and if I recall David Mark. It's almost a daily occurrence I've been told by airline staff when it caught me out on a trip.
The truth remains that the President's wife was actually in Lagos to attend the christening of their personal assistant's child at the Oriental hotel. Lekki. Anyone living on the Lekki axis saw first hand the horrendous traffic caused by the president's wife's visit and confirmed reports from airport staff who volunteered information, collaborated this fact, that the Lagos airport was actually shut for 2 hours, about the same time the ill fated Dana Plane crashed.
This also strongly explains the reason why Aero contractor airplane could not depart Abuja for Lagos at 3:40pm because of the closure of the Lagos airport. This is bad and one can only imagine the deep sorrow ad-in-finitum (without limit) that the families of these unfortunate Nigerians and other nationals are currently plagued into.
Yes we have to and yes we can; beginning from our immediate homes and While we pray for the repose of the souls of the departed, we need as a nation to thoroughly do some deep communities. with time this will snowball into our National consciousness. For how long are we going to sacrifice the lives of our dear brothers and sisters and by extension mortgage the future of their/our children, just for the comfort of our leaders? For a 15 minutes ritual of plane take-off, an airport was shut for 2 hours because our "DEAR FIRST LADY" was scheduled to return to Abuja. OH merciful God, help Nigeria in Distress!''
Nigerians need to know what happened? who closed the airstrip for two hours on sunday june 3,2012?
Private jet owners who had to hover in the air same time leaked this. This was apparently the reason local news didn't report the crash for so long till CNN and foreign news stations started reporting it.
Local news was 'blacked out' trying to kill the story of the airspace being closed while a distressed plane couldn't land.
It would be shocking if so. Though there was engine failure there was still time for the plane to have landed apparently.
You do know anyway that the airspace is closed for up to 2hours each time the Presidential Jet needs to go into the air? 2 hours for a 15minute take off or landing!
And this jet is used by President, VP, President's wife and if I recall David Mark. It's almost a daily occurrence I've been told by airline staff when it caught me out on a trip.
The truth remains that the President's wife was actually in Lagos to attend the christening of their personal assistant's child at the Oriental hotel. Lekki. Anyone living on the Lekki axis saw first hand the horrendous traffic caused by the president's wife's visit and confirmed reports from airport staff who volunteered information, collaborated this fact, that the Lagos airport was actually shut for 2 hours, about the same time the ill fated Dana Plane crashed.
This also strongly explains the reason why Aero contractor airplane could not depart Abuja for Lagos at 3:40pm because of the closure of the Lagos airport. This is bad and one can only imagine the deep sorrow ad-in-finitum (without limit) that the families of these unfortunate Nigerians and other nationals are currently plagued into.
Yes we have to and yes we can; beginning from our immediate homes and While we pray for the repose of the souls of the departed, we need as a nation to thoroughly do some deep communities. with time this will snowball into our National consciousness. For how long are we going to sacrifice the lives of our dear brothers and sisters and by extension mortgage the future of their/our children, just for the comfort of our leaders? For a 15 minutes ritual of plane take-off, an airport was shut for 2 hours because our "DEAR FIRST LADY" was scheduled to return to Abuja. OH merciful God, help Nigeria in Distress!''
Nigerians need to know what happened? who closed the airstrip for two hours on sunday june 3,2012?
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