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Chief Of Army Staff, 10 Others Died In Plane Crash… COAS Wife Not On Board– Army

ABUJA– The Chief of Army Staff, General Ibrahim Attahiru has died in a plane crash.

Although details of the incident are still sketchy but it was learnt from a military source that there was no survivor in the crash that occurred on Friday.

The source also confirmed that the wife of the Army Chief was not on board the ill fated flight as being speculated in some quarters.

The flight manifest obtained by The News Ville showed that Attahiru’s wife, Fati, was not on the flight.

He however listed those on the COAS entourage to include Brig. Gen. MI Abdulkadir, Brig. Gen. Olayinka, Brig. Gen. Kuliya, Maj. LA Hayat, Maj. Hamza and Sgt. Umar

The flight crew members are, Flt. Lt. TO Asaniyi, Flt. Lt. AA Olufade, Sgt.Adesina and ACM Oyedepo.

The Ill-fated aircraft was said to have crashed at the airport’s runway.

The incident was said to have occurred at about 6 pm while it was raining heavily.

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