BREAKING: Helicopter Crashes At Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja

An aircraft believed to be a helicopter has crashed at the Oba Akran area of Lagos State.

Sources said it went up in flames, causing a great inferno though the number of casualties could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.

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Unconfirmed reports said that the aircraft belongs to First Air.

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There are fears about the fate of the passengers.

It was learnt that the aircraft went down on the busy Oba Akran Road near a filling station in front of a bank.

Details later…

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