Thick Smoke Forces Osinbajo’s helicopter To Make Emergency Landing

LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The helicopter that conveyed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to the 2018 graduation ceremony of the Senior Division Course 1 of the Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada, Abuja, was forced to land few seconds after take off on Thursday.
The vice president was said to be returning to the Presidential Villa from the event when his helicopter developed a fault.
The chopper had earlier taken the Vice President to the college for the ceremony.
It was gathered that the helicopter emitted thick smoke as it made an emergency landing minutes after take-off.
The incident made the vice president to be conveyed to the Presidential Villa by road.
Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, said via Twitter on Thursday night that his boss avoided using his chopper back to the State House for “technical reasons.
Akande, confirmed that though Osinbajo was conveyed to the venue of the event in the same chopper, he returned to the Villa by road.
“VP Osinbajo attended the graduation ceremony of Nigeria Customs Senior Course in Gwagwalada today (Thursday).
“On his way back, it was decided, for technical reasons, not to fly the chopper that had brought him to the venue.
“He drove back to the Presidential Villa and continued his schedule,” Akande wrote.

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