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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.

The Nigerian Army has said that the remains of its late chief Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and six other senior officers would be interred on Saturday in Abuja.

Ibrahim Attahiru, the Chief of Army Staff, has died in a plane crash. Details of the incident are still sketchy but a military said that it happened in Kaduna.

The US Mission in Nigeria has condoled with the country over the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 others. They died a plane crash.

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of Chief of Army Staff, General Ibrahim Attahiru, in the Kaduna military plane crash, a report by BBC Pidgin stated.
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