Below is a statement issued by President Goodluck
Jonathan after yesterday’s DANAAir plane crash in Lagos where 153 people are
reported dead......
President
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has declared a three-day period of national mourning
for all those who lost their lives in the Dana plane crash in Lagos today.
President Jonathan, who has cancelled all his public engagements scheduled for
tomorrow, has also directed that the Nigerian flag be flown at half-mast for
the three days of national mourning.
Meanwhile,
the President has ordered the fullest possible investigation into the crash. In
compliance with the President’s directive, the Minister of Aviation, Princess
Stella Oduah has already left Abuja for Lagos to oversee the crash
investigations and present an interim report to the Federal Government as
quickly as possible.
