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Photos: Chief Of Army Staff Attahiru, 10 Other Military Personnel, Buried in Abuja
Chief Of Army Staff Attahiru, 10 Other Military Personnel, Buried in Abuja.
Onyxnews reports that the remains of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other top military officers, who lost their lives in an air crash in Kaduna on Friday, have been buried.
The late 11 military officers who died in a Beachcraft 350 aircraft at the Kaduna International Airport as a result of bad weather were interred on Saturday at the National Military Cementary, Abuja.
Earlier, the bodies were moved to the National Mosque and the Nigerian Air Force Protestant Church where funeral prayers were said for the deceased amidst tight security.
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President Muhammadu Buhari, had on January 26, 2021 appointed Attahiru to succeed Lt Gen. Tukur Buratai as the Chief of Army Staff.
At least 20 military officers have lost their lives in the last three months in three crashes involving Nigerian Air Force jets.
On Sunday, February 21, 2021, seven NAF officers died onboard a Beechcraft KingAir B350i aircraft when the jet crashed in Abuja.
Also, on Wednesday, March 31, 2021, NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said an Alpha-Jet aircraft involved in the anti-terror war against Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province lost radar contact in Borno State.
Two officers were onboard the missing jet which was later declared crashed and the whereabouts of the two airmen unknown till date.
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