The burial proceedings of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other senior officers who lost their lives in an air mishap in Kaduna on Friday will be held on Saturday in Abuja.
Army’s Director of Public Relations Brig. Gen Mohammed Yerima said the burial will commence at the National Mosque and National Christian Centre, Abuja by 10am.
The interment for the late COAS and 6 other senior officers will take place at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja by 1pm.
The army officers were killed on May 21, 2021 when their plane crashed in near the Kaduna International Airport, an air force spokesman said.
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Attahiru was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in January in a shakeup of the top military command to better fight surging violence and a more than decade-long jihadist insurgency.
President Buhari, while commiserating with the families of the deceased described the dead military officers as heroes who paid the ultimate price for peace and security in the land.
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Lucky Irabor has directed that an Accident Investigation Board be constituted to unravel the immediate and remote cause of the crash.
