UPDATE(Lagos Plane Crash)Late Agagu's corpse retrieved ,son survives , Wife was not on board,(Photo)

    

The chartered Associated Airlines plane that crashed in Lagos was carrying the corpse of a former Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Agagu, and about 20 people who were all travelling to Akure for the former governor’s burial, multiple and reliable sources have confirmed.the plane crash that occured around 9:00 a.m. at the domestic wing of the Lagos Airport around the point were JET-A1, aviation fuel is stored. The plane crashed just after take-off.

While the plane was ready to leave the Lagos airport, Ondo State government officials, including Governor Olusegun Mimiko and some of his commissioners, as well as members of Mr. Agagu’s family were gathered at the Akure airport waiting for the corpse of the former governor.

Mr. Agagu was to be buried on Friday after a burial service at the St Paul’s Anglican Church, Iju-Odo by 11 a.m., the Ondo State Government had said. However, his corpse was to be received at the Akure Airport by 9 a.m. on Thursday for a lying-in -state at the Democracy Park, Akure, same day.

A correspondent at the Akure airport on Thursday morning confirmed that state officials and Mr. Agagu’s family were distraught when they confirmed the news. They have all moved to the Ondo State government house in Akure.

Mr. Agagu, a former Ondo governor and Minister of Power died on September 13 in Lagos. He was a geology lecturer at the University of Ibadan before he ventured into politics. His burial program had started with a tribute session at the university on Monday.

Spokesman of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, Yakubu Datti, speaking with TV station, Al Jazeera, on telephone moments ago said the crashed plane was carrying 20 passengers and was en-route Lagos to Akure. “The engine failed,” he said.

He said it was a propeller aircraft operated by Associated Airline. There are five survivors, he said. He also confirmed that the survivors have been rushed to a nearby hospital.

He added that the Black Box of the aircraft have been recovered and investigation will commence immediately.

He spoke from the crash site.