Dana Air crash, there must be no sacred cows

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

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