Nigeria Airforce posted on Twitter @NigAirForce the obituary of the officers
The Chaplain of the Nigerian Airforce, Group Captain Dogo Gani took his message from the book of lamentations.
He encouraged family members of the departed officers to look up to God.
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) spokesman, Air Vice Marshal Ibikunle Daramola, had on Sunday, February 21 confirmed the death of all the seven persons on-board the NAF Beechcraft KingAir B350i aircraft
He noted that the aircraft crashed while returning to Abuja Airport after reporting an engine failure en-route to Minna.
The officers are:
Flight Lieutenant Henry Piyo (Co-pilot)
The
Nigerian Air Force(NAF), on Thursday, in Abuja, buried its personnel who died in the Beechcraft King Air B350i crash on February 21.
The
officers were buried in National Military Cemetery, Karonmajigi, Airport Road, Abuja.
The officers are Haruna Gadzama, a flight lieutenant (Captain), Henry Piyo, flight lieutenant (Co-Pilot), Micheal Okpara, a flying officer (Airborne Tactical Observation System (ATOS) Specialist) and Bassey Etim, a warrant officer (ATOS Specialist).
The others are Olasunkanmi Olawunmi, a flight sergeant, (ATOS Specialist), Ugochukwu Oluka, a sergeant (ATOS Specialist) and Adewale Johnson, an aircraftman (Onboard Technician).
The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Oladayo Amao, an air vice marshal, said the officers had paid the supreme price in the service to the nation.
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