VICE PRESIDENT , OSINBAJO ESCAPES TRAGEDY FOLLOWING EMERGENCY LANDING BY HELICOPTER
A helicopter that was to convey Vice-President Yemi Osibanjo from the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada in Abuja, was forced to land, a few seconds after take off on Thursday.
The Vice President was in the school for the graduation ceremony of the Senior Division Course 1 2017/2018 participants.
The helicopter had taken the vice-president to the college for the ceremony, but while taking off, it could not ascend beyond tree level, before it emitted thick smoke and landed on the same spot a few seconds after take off.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar, had already departed the venue with their respective convoys, when the incident happened.
Osinbajo later left the college by road
SOURCE – THISDAY NEWS