The casket, bearing the corpse of the Ondo State former governor, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, has been recovered by rescue agencies at the site of the Associated Airlines plane, which crashed in Lagos This morning. The casket was intact as of the time of recovery.
The only casket on board the plane, which was supposedly that of Agagu, was taken away by security operatives a few minutes after 12 noon.
Almost all parts of the aircraft was burnt except the back where the casket was kept.
Meanwhile,contrary to speculations that Agagu's wife was in the plane,its been confirmed that she was not as she had flown in an earlier plane and had arrived Akure before the plane carrying her late husband's corpse crashed.
Death toll has also being confirmed to be 16, 4 survived
The remains of the former University of Ibadan lecturer were due to be interred in Ondo State this weekend after a series of events by the state government. The plane was conveying Agagu’s body to Akure, the Ondo State capital, when it crashed around the MMIA in Lagos.
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