Otti mourns Abia-born pilot who died 16 days after wedding

By Steve Oko
UMUAHIA — Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has mourned Squadron Leader Ahamefule Aham Man-Ugwueje, the Abia-born co-pilot who died alongside 24 other Nigerian Air Force personnel in the aircraft crash at Igbokoda, Ondo State.
Man-Ugwueje, who hailed from Umuahia, died barely 16 days after he married a fellow Nigerian Air Force officer, Flight Lieutenant Damilola Adekunle, in Abuja.
The Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft, NAF 931, crashed on October 5 while on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos, killing all 25 people on board, including five crew members.
Otti, in a condolence message issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ferdinand Ekeoma, described t...