By our reporter
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu and nine others aboard a private aircraft escaped death as the aircraft crash-landed near Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on Friday night.
It however could not be confirmed if the minister or any of the others on board of the aircraft sustain injury.
The aircraft, it was gathered, departed from Abuja and was flying the minister and his entourage to Ibadan.
Adelabu who hails from Ibadan is the son of the late colourful First Republic politician, Alhaji Adegoke Adelabu,popularly known as Penkelemesi.
The chartered aircraft, Flint Short Aero, an HS 125 with the registration number 5N-AMM, was also said to have had an initial contact with the control tower at 18:56 seeking an extension, which was granted by the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA).
However, the aircraft landed short of the threshold by about 50 metres and skidded into a bushy ditch close to the runway.
The incident happened after the Nigerian Metrological Agency, NiMET, issued a 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.
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, is yet to issue any official statement about the
