The Take back Nigeria group, also known as
From Protest to Power, has demanded a full scale investigation into the Sunday,
June 3 Dana air crash.
The group in a statement yesterday demanded
that the investigation must look beyond the Dana airline’s operations and
address the culpability of individuals and agencies as well as contributions
the system made into the unnecessary human waste that occurred.
According to the group “from information in
the public domain and testimonies of Nigerians who have flown Dana airline in
recent times, it was obvious that there was criminal neglect on the part of the
airline, regulatory bodies and persons or agencies responsible for ascertaining
the airworthiness of the Dana airline’s McDonnell Douglas 83 (MD83) with
Registration Number 5N-RAM”.
The Take Back Nigeria demanded that “a national
three day of mourning and public show of grief and emotional outpours are not
enough compensation for the loss of innocent Nigerians life, most of who were
in their prime and with promising careers.
“A public inquiry must be instituted to
determine the true cause of the crash, the level of complicity be regulatory
agencies and what manner of neglect occurred in the day that could have
prevented the crash”
“In this particular instance; there must be
immediate review of the airworthiness of all aircrafts plying the domestic
routes and operated by domestic airlines; immediate recertification of all
domestic airlines; determination of responsibility for the certification of the
aircraft to operate in Nigeria, and for the crashed aircraft to fly on that day”
the group demanded further.
The group also demanded that while it
acknowledge the denial of the aides of the wife of Nigeria’s president, Mrs.
Patience Jonathan that she was in no way connected with the crash, it
nonetheless stated that “there must be determination of the extent to which
closure of airspace due to VIP movement, contributed to this crash, have
contributed to incidences in the past, and could contribute to incidences of
fatal crashes”
The group made up of five activists further
demanded for the “sack of management of relevant regulatory agencies and
reorganisation of the sector; and finally prosecution and exemplary punishment of
all those found culpable for this crash and for the parlous state of the
aviation sector.”
Signed by
TAKE BACK NIGERIA MOVEMENT
• ODOH
DIEGO OKENYODO
• OLUWOLE
ELEGBEDE
• GBENRO
OLAJUYIGBE
• TUNDE
AREMU
• JAYE
GASKIA
Contact:
takebacknaija@gmail.com, 08091443322,
08033105107, 08023180493, 08055081933, 08033311478
http://takebacknigeria.blogspot.com/
