Ondo Igbokoda residents demand cleanup after NAF ATR-42 crash and fuel spill

An Ondo community is demanding an urgent cleanup after a NAF aircraft crash, citing an offensive stench from remains and aviation fuel spillage in the rive Read More: https://punchng.com/naf-crash-ondo-community-demands-urgent-cleanup-following-offensive-stench-spill/

The traditional ruler of Igbokoda in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Afolabi Odidiomo, has called on the Federal and state governments to urgently recover the remaining remains of victims of a Nigerian Air Force aircraft crash and carry out an environmental cleanup.A NAF ATR-42 aircraft crashed in the community last Monday, killing all 25 people on board. Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa confirmed there were no survivors, with recovery operations still ongoing.Speaking by telephone, Odidiomo said residents had been enduring a strong offensive odour since the crash, which he attributed to decomposing human remains yet to be recovered from the river. He also expressed concern over aviation fuel spillage that had polluted the surrounding environment.“The odour is extremely offensive. So many parts of the human body are floating around in the river. Some of the bodies have not been recovered. They have decomposed, and it is affecting everything,” the monarch said.He noted that the pollution had restricted residents’ access to clean water for domestic use, including cooking, and that traces of spilled aviation fuel were visible on the river some distance from the crash site.Odidiomo urged authorities to speed up the recovery of remaining human remains and aircraft debris and to begin an urgent environmental cleanup.In response, Ondo State Commissioner for Environment Tob Loko said the state government was working with the Federal Government to address the situation.   

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