Corpses of Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and six other top military officers that died in Friday’s plane crash, have arrived in Abuja on Saturday for burial.
It would be recalled that 11 military officials, including plane crew died in a Beachcraft 350 aircraft that crashed at Kaduna International Airport on Friday.
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According to Nigerian Army, only the remains of the late Chief of Army, and six other officials will be interred today.
Their bodies were received at Presidential Wing of Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja at about 11am.
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Journalists were not allowed to take photographs as the bodies were lifted into ambulances.
They were later moved to National Mosque and Nigerian Air Force Protestant Church venues of funeral prayers amidst tight security.
More details to come.
Watch some videos of the bodies arriving Abuja below;
Arrival of the bodies of Airforce officers who died in Friday’s plane crash in Kaduna that also claimed the life of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, at the Protestant Church, Abuja @NigAirForce @DefenceInfoNG @CDS_Nig @GenMagashi @NGRPresident pic.twitter.com/m9jQofd6su
— TVC News (@tvcnewsng) May 22, 2021
Remains of Chief of Army Staff and others at the National Mosque, Abuja pic.twitter.com/TkQ721GHSi
— Daily Trust (@daily_trust) May 22, 2021
Preparation for the Janazah prayer for the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, Other officers at the National Mosque, Abuja before burial @HQNigerianArmy @DefenceInfoNG @CDS_Nig @GenMagashi @NGRPresident @nassnigeria @MBuhari @ProfOsinbajo pic.twitter.com/8LpJBemZ8O
— TVC News (@tvcnewsng) May 22, 2021
