The list of casualties involved in Friday evening’s plane crash in Kaduna alongside Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru has been accessed.
Valuechain sources revealed that the incident occurred at about 6 pm on Friday during a heavy downpour, claiming the lives of the followings:
1. LT GEN I ATTAHIRU (COAS)
2. BRIG GEN MI ABDULKADIR
3. BRIG GEN OLAYINKA
4. BRIG GEN KULIYA
5. MAJ LA HAYAT
6. MAJ HAMZA
7. SGT UMAR
CREW
8. FLT LT TO ASANIYI
9. FLT LT AA OLUFADE
10. SGT ADESINA
11. ACM OYEDEPO
The COAS and other top military officers were apparently on their way to Kaduna ahead of Saturday’s passing out parade of soldiers from the Nigerian Army Depot in Zaria.
The aircraft, with registration number, 5N-R203 was billed to land at the Nigerian Air Force at Mando area, before it diverted and attempted to land at the Kaduna Airport.
The Air Force has been involved in a couple of tragedies this year, Valuechain recalls.
An Air Force jet supporting ground troops fighting Boko Haram terrorists went missing in North-East, Borno in March.
In February, seven officials died after a military plane crashed in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
