Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, dies in air crash
Abuja, May 21, 2021
A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft conveying some top military officers has crashed near Kaduna, NAF Twitter handle @NigAirForce, has confirmed.
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, was feared dead in the crash on Friday, alongside some other military personnel.
A tweet by the Nigerian Air Force confirmed that the air crash, involving a @NigAirForce aircraft, occurred near the Kaduna International Airport.
The Air Force spokesperson, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, in the tweet, said that the immediate cause of the crash was still being ascertained.
However, efforts to get confirmation from the Nigerian Army has been unsuccessful as the spokesperson, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, did not respond to calls.
Attahiru was once the GOC 82 Division of the Nigerian Army.
