{"id":200595,"date":"2019-02-03T01:38:29","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T06:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=200595"},"modified":"2019-02-03T01:38:29","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T06:38:29","slug":"nigeria-vice-presidents-helicopter-crash-lands-but-all-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/02\/03\/nigeria-vice-presidents-helicopter-crash-lands-but-all-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria vice president&#8217;s helicopter crash lands but all safe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_200596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-200596\" style=\"width: 959px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/46960645_1789315024512189_8739399694418968576_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-200596\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/46960645_1789315024512189_8739399694418968576_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"959\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/46960645_1789315024512189_8739399694418968576_n.jpg 959w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/46960645_1789315024512189_8739399694418968576_n-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/46960645_1789315024512189_8739399694418968576_n-768x561.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-200596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cWe are safe and sound!\u201d Osinbajo tweeted after the crash in Kabba in Kogi state, saying the crew managed the situation well. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/professoryemiosinbajo\/photos\/a.643571772419859\/1789315007845524\/?type=3&amp;theater\">File Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/professoryemiosinbajo\/\">Professor\u00a0Yemi Osinbajo\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ABUJA, Nigeria \u2014 The helicopter of Nigeria&#8217;s vice-president crash-landed on its side on Saturday but he and the crew were unscathed, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are safe and sound!\u201d Osinbajo tweeted after the crash in Kabba in Kogi state, saying the crew managed the situation well. He linked to a video of himself later waving to supporters as campaigning ahead of the Feb. 16 presidential election keeps the top candidates on the road.<\/p>\n<p>The vice-president later told a crowd that \u201cwe are extremely grateful to the Lord for preserving our lives,\u201d spokesman Laolu Akande tweeted, thanking God and the flight crew.<\/p>\n<p>Local media outlet Sahara Reporters published photos of the upturned helicopter, its rotor blades smashed. Other local media published footage , shot with a mobile phone, showing passengers carefully emerging and being helped down into a waiting crowd at the dusty scene.<\/p>\n<p>The Lagos-based Caverton Helicopters company in a statement blamed \u201cunusual weather conditions\u201d and said an investigation had begun.<\/p>\n<p>The crash at least briefly united Nigeria&#8217;s top two political parties in concern after heated campaigns laced with accusations.<\/p>\n<p>Rival presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar told the vice-president he was \u201chappy to note\u201d that everyone was safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay the Almighty protect all of us in this season,\u201d his running mate, Peter Obi, tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking a second term at the head of Africa&#8217;s most populous country and top oil producer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABUJA, Nigeria \u2014 The helicopter of Nigeria&#8217;s vice-president crash-landed on its side on Saturday but he and the crew were &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":200596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","mauthors-bashir-adigun","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}