It
was miraculous survival for Mr. Femi Akinsanya in yesterday’s Associated
Airlines’ plane crash.
Akinsanya, son- in-law of the late former Governor Olusegun Agagu whose body
was being conveyed to Akure, the Ondo State capital from Lagos for burial,
walked out of the remains of the Embraer 120 aircraft.
Akinsanya, along with his brother in-law, Mr. Feyi Agagu, the late Agagu’s son,
were the only family members of the late governor on board the ill-fated plane.
As it turned out, they were among the seven survivors. As the aircraft crashed,
Akinsanya, a Lagos businessman, was seen walking out of the wreckage before the
aircraft caught fire. He suffered a minor injury on his head.
As he walked away, apparently conscious, Air Force men who were among the first
set of rescuers at the site, stopped him. They assisted him to stop the flow of
blood on his head. He told them he wanted to go home to join his family,
according to an eyewitness. But the Air Force personnel told him he was under
the Federal Government’s custody and could not go. They took him to the nearby
Air Force clinic.
It was gathered that Akinsanya broke the news of the crash to the burial party
waiting at the Akure airport to receive the body of the former governor, which
was to lie in-state in the Ondo State capital yesterday.
He reportedly spoke to Mr. Femi Agagu, the late former governor’s younger
brother, who broke the news to Governor Olusegun Mimiko, who was leading the
burial party.
Meanwhile, Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus' Uncle and
cousin, the Okunsanyas (father and son), were amongst the victims of
yesterday's plane crash...
Until his death, Tunji Okunsanya (a trained Engineer) supervised M.I.C, a funeral home in Lagos.
He handled Goldie Harvey's funeral, AY's Father's funeral and several others.
In a recent interview with PUNCH, Tunji Okunsanya was asked"You have planned other people’s funerals, have you planned yours yet?" and he responded with... Fortunately, I am in this line and my kids see what I do. You plan yourself as you get older and we have people who plan their funerals before they die.
They even choose the clothes they want to be buried in. My children know what I like to wear but it is always good to plan beforehand because in most instances, your kids will not give you what you want. My children should bury me the way I live."
Until his death, Tunji Okunsanya (a trained Engineer) supervised M.I.C, a funeral home in Lagos.
He handled Goldie Harvey's funeral, AY's Father's funeral and several others.
In a recent interview with PUNCH, Tunji Okunsanya was asked"You have planned other people’s funerals, have you planned yours yet?" and he responded with... Fortunately, I am in this line and my kids see what I do. You plan yourself as you get older and we have people who plan their funerals before they die.
They even choose the clothes they want to be buried in. My children know what I like to wear but it is always good to plan beforehand because in most instances, your kids will not give you what you want. My children should bury me the way I live."
In the same vein, some hoodlums on Thursday were seen
exchanging blows and throwing bottles at one another over the money they found
on the dead victims of the Associated Airline plane crash.
Information from the scene of the incident had it that the hoodlums had turned the road leading to the crash site to a boxing ground.
Information from the scene of the incident had it that the hoodlums had turned the road leading to the crash site to a boxing ground.
It was learnt that when the hoodlums were assisting in the evacuation of the victims, they allegedly searched the victims’ pockets for money and other valuable things.
It was also learnt that they fight ensued due to alleged ‘insincerity’ in the sharing of the money they stole from the dead.
One of the hoodlums, identified simply as Loko, was heard saying, “You won’t believe that after the whole rescue thing, we luckily found money and they don’t want to share it equally.”
No comments:
Post a Comment