Monday 17 December 2012

THE ONLY THING THAT SURVIVED THE CRASH THAT KILLED GOVERNOR YAKOWA AND FIVE OTHERS...


Those who died in the ill-fated helicopter flight in bayelsa state after attending the burial of the father of O. Douglas an Aide to President Goodluck Jonathan are:
Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna state
General Azazi, former National Security 
Naval pilots – Commander Murtala Daba and Lt. Adeyemi Sowole
Aides to Governor Yakowa and General Azazi (two)
...all died but the Governor's telephone survived the crash and it kept ringing even after the bodies were recovered from the crash.
It was also learnt that the bodies of the deceased were conveyed to Ogbia, waterside Saturday night shortly after the rescue team located the site and moved to the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, under the cover of darkness.
Top military officers recovered the black boxes of the helicopter to determine the real cause of the tragedy.
Details of how the craft crashed showed that the pilots tried in vain to land the helicopter in a safe swamp, tried to go up again, but hit one of the palm trees  surrounding the area before it crashed on Saturday at Okoroba community in Nembe Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. Marcus, who led punch correspondent to the crash site, said the farmer raised the alarm that attracted other villagers to the difficult terrain, “When we got there, there was smoke everywhere. But we saw the legs of Kaduna State Governor. The legs were not burnt and part of his traditional attire was intact. We knew him through his attire. But other bodies were burnt beyond recognition,” he said.
He added, “I was at the burial ceremony when the chopper took off.  It didn’t take off normally and it was flying very low.”
But it was learnt that some

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