Despite the claims by aero medical
experts last Friday that Feyi Agagu, a
survivor of the October 3, Lagos plane
crash and son of the late governor of
Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, was
responding well to treatment, he was yesterday flown abroad for better
medical attention, Daily Newswatch
has learnt. Besides Feyi, another survivor of the
air crash, simply identified as Akin, has
also been transferred abroad for
medical attention. The two survivors, who were
expected to travel have departed the
country Tuesday night, could not
make the trip because medical experts
could not until yesterday clear Feyi for
the almost five hours trip from Lagos. Sources also revealed that another
reason for the delay was the fact that
the doctors attending to them could
not get clearance from British Airways
for the trip. It was learnt that they were initially
billed to fly through an air ambulance
but the option was said to have been
dropped for a scheduled passenger
flight because of the horrible
experience the family had last Thursday. Daily Newswatch investigations
revealed that the two survivors
departed the country aboard a British
Airway flight yesterday. About five or
six medical experts accompanied the
patients on the flight, while details of the family members on the trip
remained very sketchy as at the press
time. The Director of Aero Medical Standard
at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority
(NCAA), Dr. (Mrs.) Teresa Bassey, in
response to journalists’ enquiries on
the state of health of Feyi and other
survivors of the crash, had told the media on Friday that “Feyi Agagu was
responding very well to treatment
and was doing well and talking with
friends and relations.” But reports later that day had it that
doctors at the Lagos State University
Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), battled to
save his life on Friday morning after a
relapse. He was moved from the surgical
emergency ward in LASUTH to the
more comfortable Bola Ahmed Tinubu
ward for a better chance of survival. Feyi and Akin were said to have
remained in the special intensive care
until yesterday when they were
prepared for the flight. Further investigations by Daily
Newswatch revealed that family
members and associates of the late
Agagu had requested that he and his
brother-in-law, Akin, should be
moved out of the country to where they would have access to better and
more sophisticated medical treatment
at Harvey Street Hospital, London. This, Daily Newswatch was told was
expected to have taken place on
Tuesday but because of the unstable
state of Feyi’s health, the flight was
rescheduled till yesterday when he
was moved to the Lagos airport at about 10 pm for the flight. To avoid suspicion from the members
of the public, family members on the
flight were given VIP clearance and
moved into the terminal at about 30 minutes to the departure time.
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