Ondo Crash: ADC questions NAF aircraft maintenance funding

By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA – The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has questioned the implementation of defence budgets for the maintenance of Nigerian Air Force aircraft following Monday’s crash of an ATR-42 aircraft at Igbokoda, Ondo State.
The opposition party said the tragedy should not only prompt investigations into the immediate cause of the crash but also renewed scrutiny of how much money meant to keep military aircraft operational is actually released and spent.
In a statement released in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the ADC described the crash as tragic and unfortunate and expressed condolences to the families of the vict...