YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - The governor of Nigeria's Kaduna state and a former national security adviser were among six killed when a helicopter crashed in the southerly oil-producing Bayelsa state on Saturday, the ruling political party and emergency services said.
The helicopter wobbled in the sky before nose-diving into a forest in Ogbia Creek at around 3:30 p.m. (1430 GMT), a local resident who witnessed the crash told Reuters.
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