Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has promised that the state will take up the responsibility of reconstructing the properties destroyed by the helicopter which crashed at Opebi, Ikeja area of the state on Friday.
A Bell 206 helicopter, belonging to Quorum Aviation, which was traveling from Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital with two crew members and a passenger crash landed at No. 16 A Salvation Road, Opebi, partially destroying two buildings.
Two persons on board the helicopter died on the spot while the last person died at the intensive care unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, from injuries sustained in the crash.
Sanwo-Olu who visited the scene of the crash on Saturday, 24 hours after the incident, assured also that his government would give every necessary support needed by the elderly residents of the two buildings.
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He rejoiced with residents of both buildings affected by the crash for not recording any casualty.
Sanwo-Olu explained that he was out of town when the incident occurred, and made it a point of duty to come and visit the residents before the passing of another day.
Speaking to journalists after the visit, the governor stated: “I’m here to do a real on-the-spot assessment and I’ve seen things for myself, and after the condolences, it’s also to now thank God that as painful as the incidence might be, it also has not come with a lot of ground collateral damages.
“These are two buildings that are residential with citizens living there and as God will have it, as at the exact time when this thing happened, a lot of people were not in the premises and the elderly people were in the rooms and nothing in terms of fatality happened to people on the ground.
“We have seen the level of destruction and damages and immediately, they have taken the samples and tests are being conducted to ascertain the integrity of the buildings around and once that is done, we will start working with Federal Government agencies and start the reconstruction and renovation of places affected; the rooms, walls, fence and ensure that we bring respite quickly to these senior citizens affected and whatever other support we can give them to reduce the hardship they might have gone through.”
