A family friend of one of the victims of the helicopter crash that happened in a residential part of Opebi, Ikeja, is opening up about how his conditi
A family friend of one of the victims of the helicopter crash that happened in a residential part of Opebi, Ikeja, is opening up about how his condition deteriorated to the point of death even after he was rescued from the crash, because staff of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, needed a police report before he could be attended to.
The helicopter with registration Number 5N-BQW and owned by Quorum Company, had three crew members aboard. They were flying in from Port Harcourt when it crashed between two buildings in Ikeja en-route to Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.
Two of the crew members were confirmed dead while the third victim was rushed to Lagos Teaching University Hospital (LASUTH) Ikeja where he was supposedly receiving treatment before he gave up the ghost.
However, a family friend of one of the deceased, Gloria Ugolee, took to her social media page to reveal that Captain Chika Ernest, the pilot of the crashed helicopter emptied its fuel tank to avoid explosion on impact, before crashing on a fence avoiding roofs and houses.
She said, “Always looking out for others. My brother and friend since primary school. Said he was in pH just this week, and now he is gone. Taken to the hospital but after taking all the videos for social media, they waited for police report until he died. I miss you is an understatement. John11:23-25 my only consolation.”
