Follow @9jaLife Business activities at the Allen Avenue office of Dana Airlines came to a halt on Wednesday after the owner of the two-storey building destroyed in the plane crash, Pastor Daniel Omowunmi, locked the main gate of the office and blocked the entrance with his Toyota Sports Utility Vehicle. Omowunmi, who arrived Dana office at 5.30am, brought with him three iron chains and padlock which he used to lock out all employees of the company. The ill-fated Dana flight 992 killed over 153 people on board, as well as approximately 10 other persons and caused injuries to many people on the ground. The plane also crashed into Daniel's house and factory and destroyed his property, which he said, was worth N500m. Omowunmi told our correspondent that he decided to lock up the place because all attempts to get compensation from Dana had proved abortive. He said, "In some weeks' time, it will be a year that the plane crash occurred. I have not been working up till now. They destroyed my properties and rendered me jobless since June 3, 2012. Dana has commenced operation but it has not said anything meaningful about my case. "Officials of the company have been going on air with all sorts of propaganda claiming that they have settled all those affected. That is why I have come here so that they can come out to tell me the kind of arrangements they have made, the amount they paid and who they gave it to." The pastor said the N500m he lost to the crash represented the value of his warehouse, publishing house, fish ponds and other businesses. He said so far, only $30,000 (N4.8m) had been given to him by the company. He said, "My properties are four plots of land with a detached six-bedroom building, two standard warehouses, a bungalow at the back of the warehouses and four fish ponds. Everything was destroyed, including my second jeep parked on the premises. My furniture, six container loads of books and five container loads of kitchen utensils all destroyed. "Up till today, they have not said anything tangible and yet they are flying. If they think they will carry [...]
