Full List Of All Officers Who Died In Military Plane Crash

The full list of all officers who died in military plane crash has emerged.

Newsone had reported earlier that the military plane crash, which involved a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft, occurred on Friday evening, May 21, 2021, near the Kaduna international airport in Kaduna, northern Nigeria.

The military plane crash, Newsone Nigeria reports, had Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, as one of the victims.

This online news platform understands that that the Chief of Army Staff who was one of the officers who died in military plane crash, was said to be on his way to Kaduna to attend a passing-out parade for army recruits scheduled for Saturday (today), May 22, 2021.

Newsone reports that the Nigerian Army had said all the 11 officers aboard the ill-fated military plane aircraft died.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, shared a list of deceased officers on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Friday night, May 21.

Below are all officers who died in military plane crash…

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Late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru.

Lt. Gen. I. Attahiru

Brig Gen. M.I. Abdulkadir

Brig. Gen. Olayinka

Brig. Gen. Kuliya

Maj. L.A. Hay at

Maj. Hamza

Sgt. Umar

The crew members of the military plane aircraft are listed as follows:

Flt. Lt. T.O. Asaniyi

Flt. Lt. A.A. Olufade

Sgt. Adesina

ACM Oyedepo.

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Meanwhile, Newsone reports that the Kaduna state government in a statement by Samuel Aruwan, commissioner for internal security and home affairs, expressed shock over the death of the officers.

The Nigerian Army regrets to announce the passing away of its Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru. The sad event occurred following an air crash in Kaduna which also claimed the lives of 10 other officers including the crew.

— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) May 21, 2021

The statement on the military plane crash reads as thus; “The Kaduna State Government has received with immense sadness news of the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and other senior military officers in a plane crash which occurred in Kaduna on Friday evening,” Aruwan said.

“Governor Nasir El-Rufai said that Lt. Gen. Attahiru was a shining star whose sudden death has robbed Nigeria of an officer striving to bring new drive to secure the country against terrorists and other threats to national security.

“The governor said the news of General Attahiru’s death has left him deeply shaken, with a sense of great personal loss, coming so soon after his appointment had brought immense pride and a sense of hope to the people of Kaduna state,” the statement on the military plane crash added.