No plane crash in Ikeja - FAAN

No air plane crashed in Ikeja, the capital of Lagos, BusinessDay can confirm. There had been viral but untrue reports making the rounds that an aircraft crash landed Wednesday evening.

However, it was found out that internet users had only seen an aircraft being towed to a different destination and has hastily concluded that it was a crash.

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, (FAAN) has debunked the reports.

In a statement, the authority asked the general public to disregard the news making rounds on social media about an alleged crash at Ikeja airport.

“The aircraft was sold by the owner to a buyer who was taking it to it’s final destination,” FAAN added.

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In a swift reaction to the viral story, Ibrahim Farinloye, the zonal coordinator, South-West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) stated that is pertinent to clear the rumour going round on the purported plane crash landing around Ikeja with a obscuring footage in a crowded traffic scene.

Farinloye said after due consultations with all critical stakeholders and tracking of all incoming and outgoing flights in Lagos, there is no plane missing so far.

An official at the airport who also confirmed that there was no crash said the aircraft wings was taken off for easy towing of the aircraft.

Footages of the incident are currently circulating on social media.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.