Babatunde Ositelu, presidential
candidate of the Accord Party (AP), says the circumstances that led to the use
of hired helicopter by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo should be probed and
explained to the public.
On Saturday, a hired chopper
carrying Osinbajo and members of his team crash-landed in Kabba, Kogi state
where they had gone to campaign.
In a statement on Sunday, while
congratulating Osinbajo and his team as well as the crew of the crashed chopper
for coming out unscathed, Ositelu said the incident must be probed and the
outcome made public in order to ensure that there is no repeat of such
accident.
“The circumstances that led to
the use of a hired helicopter must also be explained to the Nigerian tax payers
since it is in the public knowledge that the country has a number of aeroplanes
made up of Jets and Helicopters in the Presidential fleet being managed by the
Nigerian Air force (NAF),” he said.
“It is imperative to come public
with such explanation because of the subdued rumour that a certain cabal might
have made it difficult for the Vice President to have unmitigated access to the
use of the aircrafts in the Presidential fleet.”
Ositelu also expressed worries
over the scenario at the site of the crash site. According to him, the rowdy
and uncoordinated approach to the rescue effort was bereft of professionalism
that should have been accorded the office of the number two man in the country.
He said from the video of the
crash trending, it was obvious that first responders were absent to give
immediate succour to the victims of the crashed chopper.
He added that there were no fire
fighters, ambulances and health workers among others to support the rescue
efforts.
Ositelu said that the video only depicted
a motley crowd running riot, while some others were just shouting, screaming
and others simply using their mobile phone to record the disaster.
He said the area of the crash was
not immediately cordoned off to avoid unmitigated disaster, and that too many
people rushed to the scene and in such a situation of uncertainty, a third
force could have inflicted harm on the vice-president in the flurry of
uncontrolled access to the crash scene.
Caverton Helicopters, owners of
the aircraft, had blamed the incident on unusual weather condition.
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