Nigeria, July 31 -- The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has confirmed that the crew of the foreign-registered private jet that landed on a concrete road instead of the runway at Asaba Airport in June remain in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), describing the incident as a serious security breach.

Mr Keyamo disclosed this on Thursday during an interview on Channels Television, saying investigations are ongoing to determine why the crew ignored air traffic control instructions and landed outside the airport perimeter.

The minister said the incident went beyond an aviation occurrence because the aircraft had been cleared to land on the airport runway, but instead touched down on a road ou...