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The Idoo community in Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun State has described as shocking and a sad loss the death of its illustriou son, Sergeant Opeyemi Adesina, in a plane crash that also claimed the lives of Chief of Army Staff (COAS), other officers and crew members on Friday, at the Kaduna International Airport.
Describing the demise of Sergeant Adesina as a colossal loss not only to the Idoo community but also to the state and Nigeria as a whole, the community said the deceased would be missed by all.
Sergeant Adesina, who is popularly called Opeyemi by members of his community, is from Balogun’s compound in Idoo and he died about three weeks after his daughter’s dedication.
It’s sad Buhari went to Paris but didn’t attend Ibrahim Attahiru’s burial –Omokri
An ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, says it is sad that President Muhammadu Buhari travelled to Paris recently bu.
An ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, says it is sad that President Muhammadu Buhari travelled to Paris recently but did not attend the burial of his late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, in Abuja on Saturday.
Omokri tweeted, “Sad that President Muhammadu Buhari did not attend the burial of the late Chief of Army Staff, (Lieutenant) General Attahiru. He was represented by his Defence Minister (Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd.)).
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Published 22 May 2021
An ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, says it is sad that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), travelled to Paris recently but did not attend the burial of his late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, in Abuja on Saturday.
Omokri tweeted, “Sad that President Muhammadu Buhari did not attend the burial of the late Chief of Army Staff, (Lieutenant) General Attahiru. He was represented by his Defence Minister (Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd.)).
“Attahiru died serving Nigeria. Buhari, who went to Paris for four days, could not go to Attahiru’s funeral for 30 minutes.”
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Soldiers have cordoned off the site where the Nigerian Airforce plane crashed on Friday evening at the Kaduna International Airport.
The plane which was carrying the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, and other Senior Army Officers crashed near the airport’s active runway, killing all the eleven people on board.
Speaking on the incident, the Manager of Kaduna airport, Amina Salami told Channels Television that the military authorities have taken over the crash site.
She added that they have prevented civil aviation officials from gaining access to the crash site pending the arrival of officials from the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB).