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Death of Attahiru, others: A great loss to the nation, Senator Musa
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…Says with Attahiru’s death, Nigeria has indeed lost an industrious and visionary Officer.
… Says Attahiru was an Exemplary, Unpretentious and self-effacing officer and gentleman
By Henry Umoru
CHAIRMAN, Senate Services Committee, Senator Sani Mohammed Musa, All Progressives Congress, APC, Niger East has described the death of the Chief of Army Staff, LT. General Ibrahim Attahiru and others as a great loss to Nigeria especially now the country is working assiduously to nip in the bud, activities of armed bandits.
In a statement he personally signed on Saturday, Senator Musa described Attahiru as an Exemplary, Unpretentious and self-effacing officer and gentleman who discharged his duties with diligence devotion and integrity and that Nigeria has indeed lost an industrious and visionary Officer.
The burial ceremony started around 2.50 pm with a profile of the late COAS read.
A moment of silence was observed after which the fallen officers were honoured with a 21-gun salute.
The Guards of Honour performed the 21-gun salute for Late Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja on May 22, 2021. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels Television
Dignitaries at the event include Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; the Chief of Defence Staff, General Leo Irabor; the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao; Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, among others.