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Published 22 February 2021
President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan has expressed shock over the crash of a Nigerian military aircraft in Abuja on Sunday.
Lawan said this in a statement by his Special Adviser, Mr Ola Awoniyi in Abuja.
He condoled with the families of those killed in the accident, praying that God would comfort them in their time of grief.
Lawan also commiserated with the Nigerian Air Force and called for reinforcement of safety measures to prevent future occurrences.
Similarly, the House of Representatives Committee on Air Force has also commiserated with NAF and families of victims of the ill-fated aircraft.
Abuja plane crash: Residents recount near-death experience
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The tranquility that characterises Nassau Village in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, was on Sunday disturbed when a jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force crash landed in the area.
Noise from aircraft is not strange to residents of the village, being one of the settlements that bordered the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport.
But the Sunday experience was not only strange, it was a near-death experience for them.
It started with a loud and unusual noise from the ill-fated aircraft, followed by a loud explosion and then billows of thick smoke and fire.
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