Kwara Gov mourns Nigeria’s army chief, Attahiru
Kwara Gov mourns Nigeria’s army chief, Attahiru
The Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has expressed condolences over the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru.
Lt. Gen. Attahiru died alongside others in a plane crash in Kaduna on Friday.
“I join our compatriots worldwide to commiserate with the military establishment, especially the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Air Force, on this devastating development. It was indeed a black Friday for the fatherland. It is a date we will forever remember for the loss of true heroes and a significant depletion in the ranks of the Nigerian military elite,” the governor said in a statement posted on his verified Facebook page on Saturday.
“On behalf of the people and government of Kwara State, I commiserate with President Muhammadu Buhari; the Chief of Defence Staff, the entire military establishment and the immediate and extended families of the fallen officers of our great Armed Forces. It is our prayers that God Almighty will spare our nation and indeed our world of a recurrence of such calamities in the future. We pray for the repose of the souls of these fine officers.
“We have no doubt in the resolve of the Federal Government to unravel the causes of the devastating air accident with a view to preventing such occurrence in the future.”
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