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Mr. Julian Osula. |
Over
the last few days, Nigeria has been awash with a different dimension of a news
story which dealt on Luxury, later, mistaken personality and then, the real
truth.
A
helicopter was seen somewhere in Ore, Lagos-Benin Expressway come pick up
someone from a heavy traffic and without being investigated, Nigerians and
their Online Publisher counterparts went to town with reports on who was behind
the pickup and names were mentioned.
First,
it was said that a Millionaire had actually sent the chopper to pick his
girl-friend who was stuck in traffic, another and the most popular of them was
the report that Businessman and Luxury Entrepreneur, Mr. Julian Osula, who also
is the CEO of Julian’s Luxury was actually the person who got picked by the helicopter
simply because he posted the video, same way you and I did, the man was labeled
and accused of lavish living, very far from the person he is known to be.
The
major twist to the whole gist is the fact that non amongst all the news
platforms, both major and minor, were able to decipher the truth, as majority
of Nigerians longed for the real truth of who it was who was behind the
helicopter saga which caused a standstill in the airwaves in country.
It
had to take the “British Broadcasting Corporation” BBC in Lagos, after “Precious
Eze’s Blog” exposed the fact that Mr. Julian Osula who was initially
accused, was not the one involved with the helicopter issue, to investigate and
discovered the real truth behind the helicopter.
According to the BBC report,
the company that owns the helicopter, Tropical Arctic Logistics Ltd., revealed
that someone on Ore had suffered a stroke in his car on the said date, and emergency
landing and evacuation by any means possible, including the usage of the best
form transportation became imperative. “It is normal to respond to emergency
calls,” it added.
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on the other hand, confirmed its knowledge of the incident, saying that the helicopter had to “land in an unscheduled diversion to pick up someone.” “NCAA also said it was fully aware of the viral video of the Helicopter that landed on the highway.
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on the other hand, confirmed its knowledge of the incident, saying that the helicopter had to “land in an unscheduled diversion to pick up someone.” “NCAA also said it was fully aware of the viral video of the Helicopter that landed on the highway.
“With registration number 5N –
BVQ and aircraft type AW139, the pilot was compelled to land between Benin and
Ore for an unscheduled job.
One
Femi Adeniji from Tropical Arctic Logistics Ltd had told the BBC that he didn't
understand why the video had caused such a fuss, as it was normal for their
company to respond to emergency situations, when there are no such public
emergency services available in the country and they had done so six times in
the last two months.
He
said that there was no truth in the speculation that the helicopter was called
by a billionaire who wanted to escape the huge traffic jam, instead, a man was
suffering from high blood pressure, his driver had panicked and a doctor who
was also stuck in the traffic was helping the man before the helicopter was
called.
Reacting
to this, the visibly very irritated Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Julian’s
Luxury, Mr. Jilian Osula, says that he is very disappointed that it had to take
a foreign media organization to unravel the truth behind the Helicopter case
which Nigerians and their brother purveyors of falsehood, attributed to him erroneously.
According
to him, “This is how Nigerians destroy
their fellow Nigerians for no just cause, because they are not able to go the
extra miles required to investigate a case, but would sit and wait for gossips
to peddle, to the extent that an event happened in Nigeria and it had to take a
foreign Media House to do what Nigerian tabloids and News Agencies could not do”.
Such
an embarrassing moment it was for me and my business concerns to have been
labeled so heavily in the Media, but I’m grateful the matter has finally been
laid to rest, Mr. Osula ended.
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