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The remains of late COAS Lieutenant-General Attahiru and 10 other military personnel who were victims of the Friday, May 21, plane crash have arrived Abuja.
According to the spokesman of the Defence Headquarters, Onyema Nwachukwu, the plane crash that killed COAS and 10 other officers was caused by bad weather.
Governors Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, Samuel Ortom of Benue, and Godwin Obaseki of Edo have mourned the death of Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff in a plane crash.
Following the unfortunate crash which killed COAS Attahiru, the Nigerian Navy has announced the cancellation of events lined up to mark its 65th anniversary.
The first Nigerian Army top chief who died in a crash (helicopter) was Lt. Colonel Joseph Akahan who was the Chief of Army Staff from May 1967 until May 1968.
The death of the chief of army staff, General Ibrahim Attahiru, has shocked Nigerians. The military commander died along with other officers in a plane crash.
The death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Attahiru, has thrown Nigeria into mourning, The military chief reportedly died in a plane crash in Kaduna.
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, (COAS), Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, has continued to generate reactions. The AYCF, Shettima Yerima described Attahiru’s death as sad
President Muhammadu Buhari has received a briefing from Bashir Magashi, minister of defence, on the military aircraft that crashed in Kaduna on Friday, May 21.
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