Photos and videos from the burial proceedings of late Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, and six other senior officers on Saturday have emerged.
Eleven officers died in military aircraft crash that occurred in Kaduna state on Friday, May 21 but only 7 of them would be interred today.
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The bodies of the deceased military officers were conveyed from Kaduna state to Abuja this morning and will be buried at the Military cemetery.
A funeral service was held at Air Force Protestant Church at the Air Force base in Abuja for the Christian officers and National Mosque in Abuja for the Muslim officers.
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Neither the Airforce nor the Army has given full details of the occupants in the ill-fated aircraft in the statements by their spokespersons.
Attahiru, born in Kaduna on August 10, 1966, was a major general before his appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari as COAS in January 2021. This was after the resignation of Tukur Buratai, a lieutenant general.
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Before his appointment, the late army major, was the General Officer Commanding 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu.
Attahiru was at a time the Theatre Commander of the Operation Lafiya Dole until 2017 when he was redeployed.
He had barely spent four months in his new post before the shocking news of his sudden demise on Friday.
See videos and photos from the ceremony below;
LIVE UPDATES: Nigerian Army buries COAS, Attahiru, six others in Abujahttps://t.co/4Uku9xHudb pic.twitter.com/8Jd3hdHS7g
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Burial of the late Chief of Army Staff, others at National Mosque
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The burial ceremony of the late Chief of Army Staff and other officers who died in a plane crash underway pic.twitter.com/VI9ETnySAl
— OfficialAITlive (@OfficialAITlive) May 22, 2021
Lt. Gen. Attahiru: How Military Officers Rehearse The Burial Procession Of Chief Of Army Staff, 10 Others At The Military Cemetery, Airport Road, Abuja.
First Clip. pic.twitter.com/PCMpKCtt6X— Muhammad Bashir (MacBash) (@BashirBinBashir) May 22, 2021
Sad that General @MBuhari did not attend the burial of the late Chief of Army Staff, General Attahiru. He was represented by his Defence Minister. Attahiru died serving Nigeria. Buhari, who went to Paris for 4 days, could not go to Attahiru’s funeral for 30 minutes#TableShaker pic.twitter.com/aprqSPmLE0
— zanga Afrique News (@AfriqueZanga) May 22, 2021
LIVE UPDATES: Burial preparations for the Late Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and 6 other military officers underway at the Military Cemetery Abuja. pic.twitter.com/AjONdue8wY
— RootsTv (@rootstvnigeria) May 22, 2021
