The Nigeria police has confirmed news of a helicopter crash earlier today, even as the number of casualties still remain unknown.
The accident happened in in a swampy area of Igbokoda, the headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Confirming the helicopter crash, the Public Relations Officer of the Ondo State Police command, DSP Abayomi Jimoh:
“The Ondo State Police Command confirms the reported aircraft crash in the Igbokoda axis of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State on Monday, 5th October 2026. Details surrounding the incident are still emerging, as efforts to establish the full circumstances continue.
“The public will be duly informed as soon as further credible information becomes available,” he stated.
There were reports of residents reporting the accident with one of them stating:
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“It happened this morning. We heard a very loud sound in the area where the incident occurred, but we could not get there because the place is a swampy area inside the creek; we are just looking at it from afar.
“But the police and the military people later came around there for rescue, but the occupants of the helicopter might have died there.”
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