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A private jet with about 10 persons onboard, including Very Important Personalities (VIPs) on Friday crash-landed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
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A source said the jet crash landed around 11am at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport.
The jet with registration number, N580KR, missed the runway and veered into the nearby bush.
Firefighters and rescue officials from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) were immediately deployed to the scene.
One of the workers in the airport confirmed the development to The Guardian.
However, no death or casualty was recorded in the incident.
The worker said: “Yes it happened. It is just a minor incident. The jet skidded the runway. There is no casualty.”
Spokesperson of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Carol Adekotujo, also said on phone: “It was a private plane from Abuja. It landed safely but overshot the runway. There was no casualty.”
When contacted, spokesman of the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, Tunji Oketunmbi, said he would revert.
In November 2023, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, escaped death when a plane he boarded crash-landed at the same airport.
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