Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has expressed shock and regret at the helicopter crash which claimed the lives of three persons in Ikonifin area of Ola-Oluwa local government area of the state on Friday.
Aregbesola stated that as no sooner as the state government learnt about the incident, he directed all concerned agencies to act fast to locate the site and rescue the occupants of the ill-fated helicopter.
He added that officials of the Osun Emergency Management Authority, (OSEMA), led by its general manager, Volunteers of the Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme (OYES) and other officials of the state were deployed to locate the site of the crash.
The remains of the three occupants of the helicopter – a businesswoman, her aide and the pilot – were recovered on Saturday.
The governor also said that the ambulances in the three adjoining local government areas – Ola-Oluwa, Iwo and Aiyedire – were also deployed to handle the evacuation of the remains, which have now been deposited at the Ladoke Akintola Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, the state capital.
He sympathised with the families of the deceased, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the entire country over this sad development.
The governor prayed to God to give the families of the deceased the fortitude to bear their losses.