Plane Crash: Wife Of COAS, Attahiru Not Involved

*Army: 11 officers killed in aircraft crash

Mohammed Dattijo, Chief of Staff to Kaduna State Governor, Nasir
El-Rufai, has clarified that Fati, wife of the late Chief of Army
Staff Ibrahim Attahiru, is alive.

He said this in a short message on his official social media
handle while debunking a claim that Attahiru’s wife was involved in
the accident.

“It is incorrect; the wife is alive. May his gentle soul rest in
perfect peace,” he tweeted.

Recall that a Nigerian Air Force aircraft conveying some top
military officers crashed near Kaduna.

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, died in the
crash on Friday.

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.

The Nigerian Army regrets to announce the passing away of its
Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru.

The sad event occurred following an air crash in Kaduna which
also claimed the lives of 10 other officers including the crew.

The COAS was enroute Kaduna from Abuja on Friday, 21 May, 2021
when the unfortunate incident happened.

Details of the sad incident and burial arrangements will be
communicated soon.

The President, Muhammadu Buhari, described the air crash that
claimed Attahiru, and other military officers as “a mortal blow to
our underbelly.”

He regretted that the incident happened at a time men of the
nation’s armed forces were poised to end the security challenges
facing Nigeria.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,
Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement titled ‘President
Buhari expresses shock, sorrow over death of Lt. Gen. Attahiru,
others.”

Adesina quoted the President as consoling families of the
deceased, the military, and Nigerians in general, describing them
as “heroes who paid the ultimate price for peace and security in
the land.”

According to the statement, while praying that God receives the
souls of the patriots, the President said the crash “is one mortal
blow to our underbelly, at a time our armed forces are poised to
end the security challenges facing the country.”

The President pledged that the departed would not die in
vain.

*Army: 11 officers killed in aircraft crash

Mohammed Dattijo, Chief of Staff to Kaduna State Governor, Nasir
El-Rufai, has clarified that Fati, wife of the late Chief of Army
Staff Ibrahim Attahiru, is alive.

He said this in a short message on his official social media
handle while debunking a claim that Attahiru’s wife was involved in
the accident.

“It is incorrect; the wife is alive. May his gentle soul rest in
perfect peace,” he tweeted.

Recall that a Nigerian Air Force aircraft conveying some top
military officers crashed near Kaduna.

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, died in the
crash on Friday.

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.

The Nigerian Army regrets to announce the passing away of its
Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru.

The sad event occurred following an air crash in Kaduna which
also claimed the lives of 10 other officers including the crew.

The COAS was enroute Kaduna from Abuja on Friday, 21 May, 2021
when the unfortunate incident happened.

Details of the sad incident and burial arrangements will be
communicated soon.

The President, Muhammadu Buhari, described the air crash that
claimed Attahiru, and other military officers as “a mortal blow to
our underbelly.”

He regretted that the incident happened at a time men of the
nation’s armed forces were poised to end the security challenges
facing Nigeria.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,
Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement titled ‘President
Buhari expresses shock, sorrow over death of Lt. Gen. Attahiru,
others.”

Adesina quoted the President as consoling families of the
deceased, the military, and Nigerians in general, describing them
as “heroes who paid the ultimate price for peace and security in
the land.”

According to the statement, while praying that God receives the
souls of the patriots, the President said the crash “is one mortal
blow to our underbelly, at a time our armed forces are poised to
end the security challenges facing the country.”

The President pledged that the departed would not die in
vain.