Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a petition to Mr Ekpo Nta Chairman Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) urging him to “urgently begin a thorough and efficient investigation into allegations of corruption in the transport and aviation sector starting from the allegations that the Nigerian Ministry of Aviation may have allowed the registration of the Dana plane which crashed in Lagos on Sunday June 3, 2012 despite reports that the plane was purchased with known pre-existing safety issues and past safety concerns record.”
In the petition dated 4 June 2012 and signed by SERAP Executive Director Adetokunbo Mumuni the organization said that, “We are seriously concerned that this is not the first time an air mishap has claimed a large number of people primarily because of the systemic corruption in the aviation sector and the lack of due diligence or complicity of the regulatory authorities in allowing the registration and operation of aircraft with safety concerns.”
The organization also expressed “concern that pervasive corruption is also responsible for the failure to provide immediate emergency response system that could have helped to reduce the casualties of the Dana airline crash, as our information reveals that the aircraft exploded about 20 minutes after the crash.”
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