Two Persons Confirmed Dead At Ebonyi Airport Flyover

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Two residents have been reportedly killed by a tanker explosion that occurred at the airport flyover located opposite Chuba Okadigbo International Airport in Onueke Ezza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

The government of Ebonyi State led by Governor Francis Nwifuru said the fire was put out with the intervention of the Ministry of Aviation and Transport Technology.

The state commissioner for aviation and transport technology, Mrs Ngozi Obichukwu, who spoke with newsmen during the inspection of the Chuba Okadigbo Airport Runway, at Onueke Ezza South LGA, revealed the preparedness of the state government to avert a repeat of such an incident.

She said: “If not for the grace of God, and by the way the flyover was constructed, many lives would have been lost.

“We are still praying to God to give eternal rest to those that were killed- the driver and the conductor.

“We won’t want such to be happening at the runway; we are getting it right this time around; some of the things we omitted before have been done right now.”

“Obichukwu reiterated the commitment of the state government to ensure that the airport commenced flight operation by May 2024.

“The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, requested us to change the runway pattern from concrete to asphalt.

“And the runway is being asphalted now.

“We thought that the project would be ready by August, but the way it is now, we are ready to start operation by May.”

[Dailypost/SA]