A helicopter owned by Caverton Group, has crashed in Cameroon with the daughter of the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Senator Solomon Ewuga, and 10 oil workers on board.
Caverton Group owned the helicopter that crash landed Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at Kabba, Kogi State in 2019.
In the most recent crash, the helicopter crashed in a forest about two kilometres north of Nsem in Cameroon with the Ex-Minister’s daughter and 10 other oil workers on board.
The small aircraft which had 11 oil workers on board was said to be flying from Yaounde Nsimalen Airport to Belabo in the east of the country when it lost contact with the Air Traffic Control, crashing in the process and killing everyone on board.
According to local media reports, the crash reportedly occurred in a forest about two kilometres north of Nsem in Cameroon.
“The aircraft was found crashed in a forest about two kilometres north of Nsem (Cameron) and the aircraft destroyed with no survivors. The aircraft was said to be carrying oil workers,” a report said.
The report stated that the mini-aircraft belonged to Caverton Aviation Cameroon, a subsidiary of Caverton Offshore Support Group, when it crashed while the workers were staff of a Cameroon Oil Transport Company who were on a chartered flight from Yaounde to Domta and were returning to Yaounde due to the weather.
