NAF aircraft crash: You told me you are going to Abuja and didn’t mention you won’t come back’ — Bako’s partner

The partner of Flight Lieutenant I.S. Bako, one of the 25 people killed in Tuesday’s Nigerian Air Force aircraft crash in Igbokoda, Ondo State, has mourned the deceased officer in an emotional social media post.


Joanna Yakubu, in a TikTok post on Tuesday, recalled her last conversation with Bako, a co-pilot aboard the ill-fated aircraft.
Yakubu said Bako had told her he was travelling to Abuja but gave no indication that he would not return.


“It actually Abuja you told me you are going to and you didn’t mention you will not come back. You left me,” she wrote.


The NAF aircraft, with registration number NAF 931, was on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos when it crashe...