BREAKING: (VIDEO) Chief Of Army Staff Attahiru, 10 Others Die In Plane Crash
Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, and ten others have been killed in an air crash.
Full list of those who died in the Plane Crash:
1. LT GEN I ATTAHIRU.
2. BRIG GEN MI ABDULKADIR.
3. BRIG GEN OLAYINKA.
4. BRIG GEN KULIYA.
5. MAJ LA HAYAT.
6. MAJ HAMZA.
7. SGT UMAR.
CREW
8. FLT LT TO ASANIYI.
9. FLT LT AA OLUFADE.
10. SGT ADESINA.
11. ACM OYEDEPO
The military Beachcraft 350 aircraft crashed at the Kaduna International Airport on Friday, claiming all ten souls onboard.
GIOTV learnt that the ill-fated aircraft crashed at the airport’s runway about 6 pm.
“Beachcraft 350. 8 souls on board. Unfortunately all dead,” Olateru wrote in a WhatsApp note.
Also, the Nigerian Air Force confirmed that there was an accident involving one of its aircraft in Kaduna but did not provide details.
“An air crash involving a @NigAirForce aircraft occurred this evening near the Kaduna International Airport.
The immediate cause of the crash is still being ascertained. More details to follow soon,” the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Edward Gabkwet, said in a statement.
Details later…
