[1] Richard Ogunderu, Kabir Adenugaa, Benneth Oluwadaisi and Kenny Rasaq-Lawal boarded the flight initially planned to fly from Lagos to Abuja containing top government officials including Rong Yiren,[2] the vice president of China, and Nigerian government officials.

[1] The hijackers demanded that the Nigerian military-backed interim government resign and name Moshood Abiola as the president.

[4] After two hours of negotiations they freed 129 people, including Rong Yiren, from the plane and held back the crew and Nigerian government officials.

[2] The four hijackers said they would set the Airbus 310 on fire in 72 hours unless Nigerian authorities agreed to their demands, which at first included the resignation of the military-backed government.

The rescue operation killed crew member Ethel Igwe, while Richard was also injured.