BREAKING: Chief Of Army Staff, Lt Gen Attahiru, Wife, Aides Die In Plane Crash
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru with wife and aides have died in an plane crash.
Military source said Gen. Attahiru was on a trip to Kaduna.
Efforts were on to locate the wreckage of the plane and evacuate remains of the victims.
His mission to Kaduna was said to be “official.”
Nigeria’s late Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru was born on August 10, 1966in Doka, Kaduna State.
He joined Nigerian Army as a cadet officer in 1984 and commissioned into the rank of Second Lieutenant in December 1986 as an Infantry Officer.
Gen. Attahiru was a highly decorated Officer who went on many tours and was awarded The UNAMSIL Medal, ECOMOG Medal, Forces Service Star, Meritorious Service Star, and many other military awards and medals.
He was appointed the 21st Chief of Army Staff of the Nigerian Army on 26 January 2021.
