The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Olusola Obada, has said that no stone would be left unturned in the bid to ascertain the cause of the Navy helicopter, which crashed on Saturday in Bayelsa.
This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by Mr Shehu Maikai, the Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry.
It will be recalled that Gov. Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State and a former National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Azazi died in the crash, which took place near Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa.
Obada condoled with the families of the victims, and gave assurance that the ministry would continue to work toward the protection of lives and property.
“May God, the Almighty give the families the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss and may the souls of the departed rest in perfect peace,’’ it said.
Others, who died in the crash are Dudas Tsoho, a top politician from Kaduna; Azazi’s orderly, the pilot and the co-pilot.
The victims were returning from Yenagoa after attending the funeral of the father of Mr Oronto Douglas, a presidential aide.