The traditional ruler of Lisa, where the Bellview Airline, crashed, twenty years ago, Olu of Lisa, Oba Najeemden Odugbemi, is calling on the Federal and Ogun State governments to renovate the memorial national arcade and the over 10-kilometer road leading to the arcade.
ait.lve visited the area to assess developments twenty years after the Bellview Airline crash that claimed the lives of 117 persons.
The 10.5-kilometer road from the Sango community that leads to Lisa town, the site of the crash, was constructed shortly after the incident. However, residents claim that the road was poorly constructed as it was motorable for only six months and has since become impassable.
The arcade has also been left to deteriorate, and the 2.7-acre memorial ground overgrown with thick bushes and thorny grasses.
According to the Olu of Lisa, Oba Najeemden Odugbemi, several attempts have been made to renovate the memorial arcade, but these efforts have been unsuccessful.
On October 22, 2025, it will be 20 years since the loss of 117 lives in the ill-fated crash.
The Boeing 737-200 aircraft took off from Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, bound for Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, at exactly 7:30 pm and suffered the crash in Lisa town, Ogun state
The flight carried many prominent Nigerians, as well as at least 10 Ghanaians, two Britons, two Gambians, and one citizen each from Germany, Mali, and South Africa. US officials confirmed the presence of a US military officer on the flight. A Sierra Leonean was also on board.
Editor Paul Akhagbemhe
