Barely one month after the Dana plane crash, victims, whose
property were destroyed, were invited by the airline management to come
for their compensation. Daily Sun gathered that while some of the
victims received what the airline described as advanced payment of the
compensation ‘towards interim relief to secure temporary accommodation,’
others refused to collect on the ground that what they were offered was
not commensurate with their losses.
Those who collected the advance payment were made to sign a letter of
acknowledgement. However, it was not certain where the letter
originated from, though it was addressed to Dana Airline Management, 51,
Allen Avenue, Ikeja.
Pastor Daniel Omowunmi, a businessman, who lost property worth over
N500 million in the incident, said he was offered a cheque of N500,000
in spite of all he lost. He said he turned down the offer because he did
not know what the airline wanted him to do with the money, alleging
that the whole incidence was propaganda, as he did not understand what
the general manager of LASEMA was doing in the case.
“The whole incidence was a propaganda and that propaganda was
organized by the management of DANA and the head of LASEMA, Dr. Olufemi
Oke-Osanyitolu,” Omowunmi said. Omowunmi said when he spoke to some Dana
officials, he was informed that Oke-Osanyitolu had instructed them not
to meet any of the victims directly, but rather they should come through
him.
The businessman also disclosed that Dana management scheduled a
meeting for 10.00am last Tuesday, adding that when he arrived at the
venue, the officials of the airline did not come until after two hours.
Omowunmi told Daily Sun that Oke-Osanyitolu later called to inform him
of the amount he would be offered.
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