President Bola Tinubu has expressed profound sadness over the crash on Monday morning of a Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 jet near a naval base in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State.
The aircraft was on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos when the accident occurred.
In a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, the President extended his deepest condolences to the family of the 25 passengers and seven crew members involved, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, and all officers, airmen and airwomen of the Nigerian Air Force.
โThis is a painful moment for our Armed Forces and for the entire nation. Our Air Force personnel put their lives on the line every day to sec...
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Tinubu Mourns NAF Personnel, Orders Investigation Into Ondo Crash
Source: Leadership News
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