Gloom at DHQ, AHQ, Navy, NAFHQ, over death of 25 ATR air-crash victims

There was pandemonium at the Defence Headquarters, Army Headquarters, Navy headquarters and the Headquarters of the Nigerian Air Force, as officers, soldiers, ratings, airmen and airwomen cried openly over the death of 25 officers, airmen and civilians in the ill-fated Nigerian Air Force (NAF) ATR 42 air crash in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State on Monday.
Already the national flag and services’ flags are flying at half-mast in all the services’ headquarters, training institutions and units in the FCT.

The aircraft with 25 persons on board, comprising five crew members and 20 passengers, was said to be on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos when the accident occurred.
The ATR 42-...