Ibrahim Attahiru – Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff dies in plane crash a day after Abubakar Shekau’s death
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, who was appointed on January 26, 2021, died in a military plane crash in Kaduna state, on Friday.
According to Reuters and BBC, Attahiru died in a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft on Friday near the Kaduna airport.
Neusroom cannot immediately confirm the identities of other passengers with Attahiru on the ill-fated aircraft.
Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Air Force who announced the crash in a tweet did not reveal their identities.
“An air crash involving a Nigerian Air Force aircraft occurred this evening near the Kaduna International Airport. The immediate cause of the crash is still being ascertained,” he tweeted.
This is the third ill-fated military aircraft this year. A NAF aircraft heading to Niger state on Sunday February 21, 2021, crashed in Abuja while another aircraft that lost radar contact on March 31, 2021 was also declared crashed.
Attahiru died 24 hours after Boko Haram factional leader Abubakar Shekau was announced dead.
The U.S State Department Rewards for Justice Programme on Thursday May 20, 2021, had confirmed Shekau’s death in a tweet saying leader of the terrorist group that has wreaked havoc on Nigeria’s northeast region blew himself up in a confrontation with ISIS affiliates.
