The governor of Nigeria’s Kaduna state has been killed in a helicopter crash in the southern delta region along with 5 senior officials, his party has said.

Kaduna / NationalTurk – Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa and former national security adviser Gen Owoye Azazi and 3 others were on the helicopter which came down in Bayelsa state killing all onboard the Nigerian Navy helicopter.

Local media reported that the Governor had attended a burial ceremony of a farther of a Presidential aide in a village of Okoroba in Bayelsa state and was returning when this unfortunate incident happened about 3: 30 local time on Saturday.

“The nation has lost a great patriot who in about two years in saddle as the Governor of Kaduna State demonstrated an unyielding capacity in wielding together varying fragile interests,” the Peoples Democratic Party said in a statement to the media confirming the Governor death.

President Goodluck Jonathan’s spokesman, Reuben Abati, said in a statement that the loss was extremely painful to the entire nation and added that president Goodluck Jonathan had ordered an investigation to determine the cause of the crash.

Aviation disaster common in Nigeria

This year alone had seen 3 incidents of air crash in Nigeria which many analysts believe is due to the poor nature of the aviation system in the country.

In March, a police helicopter carrying a high-ranking police official crashed in the central Nigerian city of Jos, killing four people.

In June, a Dana Air MD-83 passenger plane crashed into a neighborhood in the commercial capital of Lagos, killing 153 people onboard and at least 10 people on the ground which became a record of Nigeria’s worst air crash in nearly two decades.

In October, a plane made a crash landing in central Nigeria but no casualties were recorded but the state governor and five others who were onboard sustained various degrees of injuries.

But Prophet TB Joshua says he for saw the disaster and asked for prayers for the country

Meanwhile, as some people blamed the incident on the poor nature of the aviation system of the country, Prophet TB Joshua a power man of God in Nigeria told his congregation on Sunday afternoon that God revealed it to him and he announced it in the church as a prophecy.

The man of God ordered that the prophecy should be played back to the congregation on a big screen in the church which was also live on Emmanuel TV and You Tube channels which indeed confirmed that he gave the prophecy early this year.

The played back video showed Prophet TB Joshua warning that not more than 1 government officials should board one aircraft either from one state to the other or from Nigeria to other country since he has seen blood of high profile personalities in the country flowing from one air craft disaster.

Prophet TB Joshua is the owner of Synagogue Church Of All Nations SCOAN in Nigeria which has received international recognition as a result of what Prophet Joshua does and prophesies about other nations which comes to pass including the United States of America.

Prophet TB Joshua concluded by saying that everybody should be vigilant in prayers since what he says comes from the Lord almighty and also prayed for the family and the country to bear the grief of the late governor and those who lost their life along side him.

Issaka Adams/NationalTurk African News                                  

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