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The PDP said it is sad over the death of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and other officers in a military plane crash on Friday, May 22

Nigerians have continued to mourn the death of the chief of army staff, General Ibrahim Attahiru. The army chief died in a plane crash in Kaduna state on Friday

The Nigerian Army and the rest of the country are mourning the death of 11 military personnel who died in a plane crash in Kaduna state on Friday, May 22..

Persons like Atiku Abubakar, Ahmad Lawan, Shehu Sani, and Geoffrey Onyeama have expressed pain over the sudden death of Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru.

The remains of late COAS Lieutenant-General Attahiru and 10 other military personnel who were victims of the Friday, May 21, plane crash have arrived Abuja.

According to the spokesman of the Defence Headquarters, Onyema Nwachukwu, the plane crash that killed COAS and 10 other officers was caused by bad weather.

Governors Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, Samuel Ortom of Benue, and Godwin Obaseki of Edo have mourned the death of Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff in a plane crash.

Following the unfortunate crash which killed COAS Attahiru, the Nigerian Navy has announced the cancellation of events lined up to mark its 65th anniversary.

The first Nigerian Army top chief who died in a crash (helicopter) was Lt. Colonel Joseph Akahan who was the Chief of Army Staff from May 1967 until May 1968.
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