Nigerian military chief Ibrahim Attahiru, 54, died on Friday in an air pressure crash close to Kaduna airport within the northwest of the nation.
as reported from Lagos, Liza Fabbian
The Nigerian military chief misplaced his life throughout an official go to to Kaduna State in northwestern Nigeria.
Movies from the drama present a plum of ocher smoke rising within the late afternoon sky and cabin particles strewn on the bottom.
This tragedy would have value the lives of 11 different individuals, different troopers round him.
The lieutenant normal had taken workplace not too long ago, at the top of January, when President Muhammadu Buhari was pressured to utterly substitute his workers.
Lieutenant Normal Ibrahim Attahirus’ disappearance 4 months after his appointment is a blow to the military, in an especially deteriorating safety context in Nigeria.
Heavy combating is reportedly at the moment happening within the Sambisa forest, between jihadists affiliated with the Islamic State and Boko Haram fighters. The historic chief of the terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau, was significantly injured on Wednesday and lots of say he’s already lifeless.
Neither is it the primary time a navy unit has crashed. At the top of March, a military aircraft was reported lacking over the Sambisa forest. And in February, one other navy aircraft crashed not removed from Abuja airport after encountering technical issues in the course of the flight.
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