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General News of Saturday, 22 May 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Bodies of late COAS, others set to leave Kaduna for Abuja for burial

The bodies of the late chief of army staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru and ten other officers of the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Air Force will be flown to Abuja for burial.

Their bodies would leave Kaduna at exactly 10 O’clock and move straight to the National Christain Center and National Mosque Abuja, respectively for prayers from where it would be moved to the national military cemetery for burial.

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru ad others died in an air crash on Friday, May 21, 2021.

The top military officer was aboard a military aircraft to Kaduna for an official trip.