PRESIDENT TINUBU MOURNS NAF PERSONNEL IN ONDO JET CRASH, ORDERS THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF THE MISHAP. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.
STATEHOUSE PRESS STATEMENT PRESIDENT TINUBU MOURNS NAF PERSONNEL IN ONDO JET CRASH, ORDERS THOROUGH INVESTIGATION OF THE MISHAP President Bola Tinubu has expressed profound sadness over the crash on Monday morning of a Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 jet near a naval base in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State. The aircraft was on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos when the accident occurred. The President extends his deepest condolences to the family of the 25 passengers and seven crew members involved, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, and all officers, airmen and airwomen of the Nigerian Air Force. "This is a painful moment for our Armed Forces and for the entire nation. Our Air Force personnel put their lives on the line every day to secure Nigeria. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten." “The Chief of Air Staff has briefed me, and I have directed the Nigerian Air Force to immediately commence a thorough investigation in...
Barely 24 hours after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,uncovered the sums of $43,449,947, 27,800 Pounds and N23,218,00 at an apartment in the Ikoyi area of Lagos,a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered an interim forfeiture of the funds to the Federal Government.In his ruling today thursday,April 13,2017,Justice Muslim Hassan ordered anyone interested in the money to appear before him at the next adjourned date to show reason why the money should not be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government.The commission was also directed to publish in any National Daily for anyone to show cause within 14 days why the order of final forfeiture should not be granted.The Interim Forfeiture was obtained pursuant to Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud and other related offences Act 2006.Operatives of the Commission had,on wednesday,April 12,2017,stormed a residential building on the seventh floor of a four-bedroom apartment on Osborne Towers located on 16,Osborne Road,Ikoyi,Lagos,where the large sums of money was uncovered.The operation followed a whistle-blower confidential alert received by the Commission office in Lagos in the early hours of yesterday.The case was adjourned to May 5,2017.More photos below.






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