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Buhari Mourns Death Of Chief Of Army Staff, Attahiru, Others, Calls Them Heroes

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed "deeply sadness" over the air crash that claimed the lives of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and other military officers.

Attahiru and 11 others, including four crew members had died in a plane crash close to Kaduna on Friday. 

President Buhari receives briefing on the Plane crash which led to the death of the Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and others in State House on 21st May 2021

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Buhari, in a statement on Friday through the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, offered his condolences to the families of the deceased, military and Nigerians in general. 

He described the deceased persons as “heroes who paid the ultimate price for peace and security in the land.”

While praying that God receives the souls of the patriots, the President says 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.

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President Buhari receives briefing on the Plane crash which led to the death of the Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and others in State House on 21st May 2021
 

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