Hours ago, there were rumors of a plane crash in Oworonsoki lagoon
in Lagos state…well, we now know the truth. NEMA has just released a statement
saying it was only conducting an air crash simulation exercise in the
area.
According to NEMA, the exercise was to test run the
level of preparedness and response abilities of responding agencies in
case of actual distress alert/incident in a difficult terrain.
The exercise involved deployment of four helicopters from Nigerian Navy,
Air force along with response boats from Navy, NIMASA and NIWA.
This included employing fire fighting preparedness of Navy fire boat,
Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Army, Air Force, Police, NSCDC, DSS, FRSC,
Immigration, Customs, NAMA and other agencies at the state level which
included LASEMA, State Fire service, LASTMA, etc. More photos…