Tragedy was averted when an aircraft conveyed the Nigeria Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, board crash-landed in Oyo State on Friday night.
The aircraft was earlier rumored to have crashed, but was later discovered that it crash-landed near Ibadan Airport.
The aircraft departed Abuja with Ibadan as its destination, and landed short of the threshold with about 50 metres and skidded into a bushy ditch close to the runway.
Details of the incident were still sketchy as of the time of filling this report.
CRUX NEWS cannot state if Adelabu or those on board sustained any injury.
This is coming shortly after the Nigerian Metrological Agency, NiMET, issued travel warning based on hazy weather.
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) had also advised Pilots and Airline Operators to exercise caution over hazardous weather as the dry season approaches.
Reacting to the incident, NSIB spokesperson, Tunji Oketunmbi, told Daily Trust that the Bureau’s investigators were on ground in Ibadan to ascertain the immediate and remote causes of the incident.
