Ned Nwoko, a politician and Nigerian billionaire has escaped what might have caused a halt to his existence in the ill-fated Titan submersible tragedy.

Diligence to national duty has been the primary element that prevented the politician in participating in the Titan Submersible that suffered a catastrophic implosion on its voyage down to the Titanic shipwreck.

The wreck according to report caused the death of five participants which include the lost of Gulf stream pilot, Hamish Harding.

Ned Nwoko took to his social media to mourn the death of his billionaire friend, Hamish Harding, who died in the Titanic Shipwreck.

Ned Nwoko in his Tweet revealed how he disregarded the invitation to participate in the Titan Submersible. According to the lawmaker he could not participate because he wanted to attend to a national duty.

He recalled how in the past he and late Captain Harding explored on a dangerous expedition to Southpole.

The lawmaker wrote, “I have lost a dear friend and business partner. Captain Hamish Harding. We both went on a dangerous expedition to Southpole, Antarctica, a few years back. He was a Gulf Stream pilot who flew across the world in a record-breaking expedition by the Guinness World Record to circumnavigate the Earth some years ago. He descended into the Mariana.

“He also invited me on his space shuttle last year and this very Titan ill-fated adventure, but I was tied down with national duties. Above all, he was a partner in the various pieces of research into eradicating malaria in Africa project.”