Nigeria's 21st Army Chief, 10 Others Die in Air Crash
Festus Akanbi in Lagos, Deji Elumoye, Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and John Shiklam in Kaduna Nigeria was yesterday thrown into mourning, when its 21st Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, along with six senior officers and four crew members perished in an air crash in Kaduna. Attahiru and the others were onboard Nigerian Air Force Kingair 350 from Abuja to Kaduna, ahead of todayâs passing out parade of soldiers from the Nigerian Army Depot in Zaria, when the crash happened amid torrential rainfall. Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep sadness over th...
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