Panic has enveloped Opebi area, Ikeja, Lagos as a helicopter, which is allegedly owned by Quorum Aviation crashed into a building in the area.
The incident occurred at about 12. 17pm, at Salvation Road, Opebi, Lagos.
But the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said rescuers are on their way to the scene.
The Agency later confirmed that the helicopter, which was carrying three passengers, claimed two lives while one is in the intensive care unit at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital. “One person was rescued alive and two persons died, including the pilot.”
Director-General, LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyitolu, said, “We have deposited the two bodies in the mortuary. We are on top of challenges especially crowd control Operation is ongoing and updates will follow.”
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed on Friday that two persons died in a helicopter that crashed at Opebi in Ikeja, Lagos.
The Acting Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
He said that the crash occurred at No. 16, Salvation Road in Opebi, north of Lagos.
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