Just In: Chief of Army Staff and 11 others feared dead as military aircraft crashes in Kaduna

 


The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, has reportedly died, alongside 11 others, after an Air-force plane conveying them, crashed in Kaduna State, on Friday evening, May 21.

According to reports, the plane which crashed at the Kaduna International Airport around 6pm, exploded and got burnt completely.

The list of the officers on board are:

1. Lt Gen Attahiru (Chief of Army Staff)

2. Brig Gen Abdulkadir (the principal general staff officer to the COAS)

3. Brig Gen Olayinka

4. Brig Gen Kuliya ( the directorate of military intelligence)

5. Maj LA Hayat

6. Maj Hamza

7. SGT Umar


Crew

8. FLT LT Asaniyi

9. Flt LT Olufade

10. SGT Adesanya

11. ACM Oyedepo

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