Aisha Yesufu
Popular Nigerian activist, Aisha Yesufu has expressed concerns over the crash of an MI-171 Helicopter on a casualty evacuation near Chukuba Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.
TORI earlier reported that a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft, on Monday, took off from Kaduna en route to Minna, the Niger state capital when the incident occurred at about 1:00 pm.
In a statement on Monday, the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Edward Gabkwet, said the aircraft was on a casualty evacuation mission when the crash happened.
He said that the aircraft had departed Zungeru Primary School en route Kaduna but was later discovered to have crashed near Chukuba Village in Niger state.
Gabkwet said efforts are currently ongoing to rescue the crew and passengers on board the helicopter, while preliminary investigations have commenced to determine the probable cause of the crash.
Reacting to the development in a Twitter post, Yesufu expressed hope that the incident is not true and all the passengers on board are safe.
She wrote: “Oh No! Hope this turns out to be not factual and all are okay.”