Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru has died in an air crash.
General Attahiru died with his aides in a plane crash.
According to military sources, the crash occurred today while on an official trip to Kaduna.
Gen. Attahiru who was newly appointed chief of army staff on January 26, succeeding Tukur Buratai. He was 54.
The presidency has already been briefed about the development.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Air Force has issued a statement confirming that there was a crash but did not immediately say the personalities onboard.
“An air crash involving a Nigerian Air Force aircraft occurred this evening near the Kaduna International Airport. The immediate cause of the crash is still being ascertained. More details to follow soon,” Edward Gabkwet
Details later…
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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