No survivor has been found after a Nigerian Air Force aircraft crashed in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa said on Monday.

Aiyedatiwa disclosed this during an interview with Channels Television, hours after the Nigerian Air Force confirmed that its ATR-42 aircraft, with tail number NGR 931, crashed in the area while on a routine mission from Benin, Edo State, to Lagos.

The governor said residents, security personnel and emergency responders had searched the crash site but had not found anyone alive.

He said residents across the river from the Nigerian Navy base in Igbokoda heard a loud sound and later saw the aircraft plunge into a swampy area.

According to him, the Navy initially stayed back to determine whether there was a fire or explosion before moving towards the site, while officials of the state emergency agency, residents and Amotekun Corps personnel joined the search.

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