Tun da yammacin ranar Sabtu, wata helikopta ta fadi a kusa da kogin Bonny a jihar Rivers, lamarin da ya yi sanadiyar rasuwar mutane uku. Helikoptar ta fara tafiyar ta ne daga filin sojan safar hari na NAF a Port Harcourt, tana tafiyar zuwa ga dandamali mai na NIUMATAN a teku, kafin ta fadi.
PANDEF, wata kungiyar siyasa da ke wakiltar maslahar al’ummar Delta ta Kudu, ta yi tallatawa ga gwamnatin tarayya, jihar Rivers, da kamfanin NNPCL kan hadarin da ya faru. Shugaban PANDEF, Anabs Sara-Igbe, ya bayyana tallatarsa ta haka a wata sanarwa da aka fitar.
Ministan Sufuri da Ci gaban Aerospace, Festus Keyamo, ya tabbatar da hadarin helikoptar ta hanyar sanarwa, inda ya bayyana cewa an fara binciken kan lamarin.
Hadarin helikoptar ya janyo damuwa matuka a jihar Rivers da sauran sassan ƙasar, inda mutane da dama suka nuna rashin farin ciki kan lamarin.