- Vows that their deaths won’t be in vain
The death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and other military officers, who died in an aircraft crash on Friday is “one mortal blow to our underbelly,” President Muhammadu Buhari has declared.
He said the sad incident came at a time the armed forces were poised to end the security challenges facing the country.
The president made the declaration while expressing sadness over the air crash that claimed the life of Attahiru and others.
In a condolence message signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, on Friday, the president commiserated with the families of the deceased, the military, and Nigerians in general, describing them as “heroes who paid the ultimate price for peace and security in the land.”
While praying that God should receive the souls of the Chief of Army Staff and other patriots, the president pledged that the departed would not die in vain.