The lead clergyman of the Aso Villa Chapel, Pastor Seyi Malomo, has revealed that the engine of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s helicopter failed when he visited the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada, Abuja last week.
The helicopter, which was conveying Osinbajo to the graduation of 40 senior officers of Customs at the college, had made a forced landing about 30 seconds after take-off on his return journey.
The life threatening situation forced the vice president and members of his entourage to return to the Presidential Villa by road.
Osinbajo’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, tried to downplay the situation in a tweet when he explained that it was decided that the Vice President should not return with the helicopter because of “technical reasons.”
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