[FILES] Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru PHOTO: TwitterGov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has described the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 others in a plane crash on Friday in Kano as national tragedy.
AbdulRazaq in a condolence message on Saturday in Ilorin described Attahiru’s death and of other officers as great loss to the nation. x
The governor commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari, the Military and the families of those who lost their loved ones in the crash.
“I join our compatriots worldwide to commiserate with the military establishment, especially the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Air Force, on this devastating development.
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Le chef d’état-major de l’armée nigériane, le général Ibrahim Attahiru, est mort dans un accident d’avion vendredi lors d’une visite officielle dans l’État de Kaduna, qui a connu des problèmes de sécurité ces derniers mois.
L’armée de l’air a déclaré dans un communiqué que l’avion qui transportait le chef d’état-major et plusieurs officiers s’était écrasé près de l’aéroport de Kaduna et qu’une enquête a été immédiatement diligentée pour déterminer la cause du crash. Selon nos informations exclusives, 11 personnes ont perdu la vie dans cet accident.
The remains of Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt- Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other officers, who died in the ill-fated crashed NAF aircraft in Kaduna Friday, were buried in Abuja, Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that family members, friends, colleagues and sympathisers wept uncontrollably as their remains were laid to rest at the National Military Cemetery Abuja.
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