Tinubu declares 3-day national mourning as 32 die in NAF plane crash

• Orders flags at half-mast, probe into tragedy
 
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Molly Kilete, Abuja; Bamigbola Gbolagunte, Akure and Taiwo Ogunniyi, Ilorin
President Bola Tinubu has declared three days of national mourning and directed that national flags be flown at half-mast across the country in honour of the 25 passengers and seven crew members who died in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft crash in Ondo State.
Tinubu also ordered an immediate investigation into the crash of the ATR-42 aircraft near a naval base in Igbokoda, headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area, while on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos.
The identities of the deceased personnel will be re...