NEWS: Unknown Women Shows Up Claiming To Be Wives Of Late MIC Boss Tunji Okunsanya

As the family of late Mr. Tunji Okusanya Snr, Managing Director, MIC Funeral Services, battles to get over the tragedy that befell them by the ill-fated Associated Airlines plane crash that killed him and four of his workers, some unknown women have surfaced in the family claiming to have children for the deceased Okusanya Snr.

Leardership reliably gathered from members of the family that sought anonymity that the women and children were never introduced to other members of the family by the late Okusanya.

The family member said following the demise of the philanthropic director of the foremost undertaking company in the country, Magbamowo Industrial Company (M.I.C.), four other women apart from his legitimate wives have showed up as his wives

"I am surprised because he did not tell or show the wives and children to his friends and family members as it has turned out to be. But such an incidence cannot be ruled out considering the status of the MIC boss.

"He lived a larger than life lifestyle. Women chase such people who are successful, even if they do not chase the women. It is not a crime to have many children and we do not count children in Africa," said a close family member.

He urged the senior family members to conduct DNA test on the children if they doubt their paternity.

Leardership Friday learnt that with the present development, the total number of children fathered by Okusanya outside his matrimonial home and the ones that are known to the family member stands at nine children, including a two-month-old baby.

This revelation took many of his family members by surprise as none of them has admitted being aware of the existence of other women and children.

Source: Leadership

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NEWS: Ondo Government, Agagu Family At War Over Hiring Of Crashed Associated Airlines Plane

The Ondo State Government and the family of late Governor Olusegun Agagu are now locked in a war of words over the hiring of the ill-fated Associated Airlines plane which crashed in Lagos while carrying the remains of the late governor to Akure for burial.

The Agagu family had two days ago issued a statement suggesting that the Ondo government hired the plane and that the speculation that the family did was “false, wicked and deliberate distortion of obvious facts.”

“We appreciate the immense support of the state government since the demise of Dr. Olusegun Agagu. But we would like to state here that we were only invited to point to the type of casket we wanted,” Femi Agagu, younger brother to Governor Agagu, said in a statement. “Every other arrangements including the flight, lying-in-state and even transportation to Iju Odo were made by the state government and MIC. For anybody to say we chose Associated Airline is total falsehood and we believe such report couldn’t have come from the state government quarters.”

But in a statement Tuesday, the Ondo government punctured the claim by the Agagu family, saying it had no hand in the hiring of the crashed plane.

In a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Kayode Akinmade in Akure, the government said a committee it set up met regularly with the Agagu family to draw up a burial programme agreeable to the family.

At one of the meetings, the statement said, the issue of transportation of the body from Lagos to Akure was discussed.

“The committee deferred to the family’s insistence that the body be moved to Akure by air,” Mr. Akinmade said. “The family thereafter introduced Mr. Tunji Okusanya (now deceased) of MIC Funeral as the official undertaker, who would make necessary arrangements regarding the movement of the body and the funeral.”

“Thereafter “the MIC boss forwarded the names of various airlines through an e-mail message to the Committee, namely, Aero Contractor; OAS Helicopters; Chachangi; Arik; Dana; and IRS as the Airline operators that have been contacted”.

“It was indicated in his message that IRS was not available for conveying human remains; Dana aircraft had gone for maintenance; and Arik does not fly the Akure route”. He, therefore, suggested Chachangi as “the best offer”.

The Ondo government said it was neither the wish nor the prerogative of government to indicate any preference for a particular airline stressing that the interface with MIC at the instance of the family, was necessary for facilitation of payment, insisting that “at no time was Associated Airline mentioned.”

Saying it made the clarifications against its wish, the Ondo government added that “this is definitely not the time for this as we are still mourning.”

“It is pathetic losing any soul in the course of paying homage to our former Governor, particularly government officials and other bread winners of their families, including the Managing Director of MIC, his son, and other workers of his company”.

The Agagu family is yet to respond to the new statement by the Ondo state government.


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I Saw It Clearly, That Plane Was Very Bad – Says Feyi Agagu

Facts have emerged that Feyi Agagu, who is one of the survivors of the crashed Associated Airline, that was carrying his late father's corpse, told a family member that he was uneasy about the plane the minute he laid eyes on it at the airport but he was reassured by his brother-in-law, Femi Akinsanya, who later became the first person to walk out of the crashed plane alive.

Out of fear and concern, Feyi took a back seat in the plane. Below are the revelations:

“The young man said that once they got to the tarmac before boarding and once he sighted the plane, what struck him was the seemingly very old look of the plane.

“Feyi said he didn’t like the looks of the plane. He also said but for the importance and significance of the trip, his inner sense didn’t feel comfortable boarding the plane.

“In fact, Feyi said he told another survivor, Femi Akinsanya, that the plane looked too old and he didn’t feel like boarding. But Feyi said he was told not to get himself worked up needlessly since this was not going to be his first time aboard a plane neither would this be the first old-looking plane that he would board.

“That was how he said he boarded the plane. Why Feyi chose the back seat was more a function of his state of mind about the state of the plane rather than a preference for taking a back seat.

“When they sat down, Feyi told me that he and Femi simply prayed that they should just take off and land safely, oblivious of what lay ahead of them. Feyi said once they took off, everything happened so fast.

“What he also told me was that both he and Femi noticed what looked like a crack not far from where they sat at the rear end of the plane.

“He said everything happened so fast that by the time the plane crashed on the ground, it was that crack that had been noticed earlier that transformed into a gaping exit point upon impact on the ground.

“Feyi said the exit point created was where he and Femi escaped through”.

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PHOTOS: MIC Staff Akeem's Last Facebook Message

One of the employees of MIC casket known as Akeem Akintunde who was involved in the Lagos plane crash posted this message on his FACEBOOK PAGE few hours before the plane crashed.

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NEWS: Agagu's Body Recovered, Rescue Operation Ends With 17 dead

The body of the late former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, has been recovered in the Associated Airlines plane that crashed in Lagos.
Thisday was also informed that rescue operation on the ill-fated plane has ended.

As at the time of filing this report, eye witness account said that Agagu's body had been taken to the Airforce Base in Ikeja.


Culled From Thisday Newspapers

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NEWS: Agagu's First Son, Feyi Survives Plane Crash

Contrary to reports that the first son of the late former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, Feyi, was among the dead in Thursday morning's ill-fated plane crash involving Associated Airlines, he survived and is currently receiving medical attention at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).

Feyi reportedly sustained non-life threatening injuries in the crash that left no fewer than 17 passengers on board dead.

It was also learnt that a member of former President Olusegun Obasanjo's family whose name could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report, was purportedly killed in the crash.


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NEWS: LAGOS PLANE CRASH - 17 Dead, 5 Injured, Agagu’s Only Son On Board, Olu Falae’s Son Also On Board

The corpse of the former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, who died recently was on board the Associated Airlines plane that crashed in Lagos Thursday.

On board the ill-fated aircraft were also Agagu's only son, Feyi, the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr Deji Falae and a staff in the Protocol Department of the Governor's office, Mr Layi Daji.

Also on board were Mr Tunji Okusanya Jr and his father, Tunji Okusanya. However, while Okusanya senior is said to have sustained injuries and unconscious, his son is believed to have been among those that died. The Okusanya family owns the MIC Caskets, a popular funeral undertakers in Lagos Island.

An employee of MIC Caskets, identified as Chijioke, was also among those that died in the crash.

As at the time of filing this report, Agagu's corpse had been taken to the Nigerian Airforce base. 

The management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Thursday confimed that 22 passengers were on board the Associated Airlines plane that crashed in Lagos.

FAAN's spokesman, Mr Yakubu Datti said that 17 of the passengers were confirmed dead, while five passengers sustained injuries.

But it could not be confirmed as at the time of filing this report if Feyi was among the survivors of the plane crash.

Source: Thisday

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BREAKING NEWS: Plane Crash In Lagos

An Associated Airline plane carrying the body of late former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Agagu has crashed in Lagos, according to reports.

Eyewitnesses said the scene of the crash was close to the section where JET-A1 fuel is stored at the local wing of the airport.

Fire service officials have arrived the scene, evacuating the occupants of the plane. No confirmation yet, on if there was any loss of life in the crash.

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